Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 3 Final chicken body weight (Final b. w., kg), fat percent of breast muscle (sum of fatty acids, g/100 g tissue wet weight), selenium concentration of breast muscle (mg Se/kg tissue) and Gpx activity (U/L) in whole blood in chickens with low Se in the diet (0.13 mg/kg feed) and high Se (1.1 mg/kg feed) and without or with linseed oil (LO)

From: N-3 fatty acid intake altered fat content and fatty acid distribution in chicken breast muscle, but did not influence mRNA expression of lipid-related enzymes

	Selenium			Linseed oil			Low Se without LO	High Se with LO
	Low	High		Without	With		Low Se without LO	High Se with LO
	n = 33	n = 32	P	n = 32	n = 33	P	n = 16	n = 16	P
Final b. w.	1.28	1.27	0.842	1.28	1.27	0.600	1.29	1.27	0.604
Fat percent	0.80	0.95	0.109	0.95	0.80	0.091	0.85	0.84	0.913
Se	0.09	0.59	<0.001	0.34	0.33	0.809	0.09	0.59	<0.001
Gpx activity	364	932	<0.001	662	625	0.631	359	897	<0.001

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