Table 2 Effect of dietary by-products on the egg yolk fatty acids profile.

From: Enriching laying hens eggs by feeding diets with different fatty acid composition and antioxidants

Item

C

T1

T2

SEM

p

mg fatty acids/yolk

Yolk Fat, % DM

27.24

27.04

27.06

0.217

0.9250

Myristic C14:0

7.390a

5.505b

5.662b

0.281

0.0028

Pentadecanoic C15:0

1.518

1.575

1.693

0.072

0.6241

Palmitic C16:0

582.96a

510.35b

553.67a

9.495

0.0015

Heptadecanoic C17:0

2.603

3.428

2.767

0.170

0.1040

Stearic C18:0

247.20

268.57

239.50

7.495

0.2742

∑SFA

841.68

789.43

803.28

12.628

0.2254

Pentadecenoic C15:1

2.598

2.802

2.703

0.154

0.8790

Palmitoleic C16:1

76.615a

46.843b

76.402a

3.990

0.0005

Heptadecenoic C17:1

1.925

2.512

2.268

0.150

0.2990

Oleic C18:1

788.13a

682.83b

778.99a

17.838

0.0170

Erucic C22:1n9

2.536

3.068

2.086

0.255

0.2979

Nervonic C24:1n9

8.512a

8.653a

3.935b

0.594

< 0.0001

∑MUFA

876.79a

746.69b

867.67a

21.028

0.0088

Linoleic C18:2n6

425.18a

501.70b

369.86c

16.651

0.0007

Linolenic γ C18:3n6

2.912a

2.340 b

2.014b

0.132

0.0061

Eicosadienoic C20:2n6

3.542

4.175

2.888

0.309

0.2274

Eicosatrienoic C20:3n6

6.274b

7.802a

4.678c

0.402

0.0005

Arachidonic C20:4n6

94.422a

105.238a

3.40b

0.168

0.0005

Docosatetraenoic C22:4n6

37.29a

35.432a

5.742b

3.640

< 0.0001

α-Linolenic C18:3n3

4.752b

4.355b

35.297a

3.571

< 0.0001

Eicosatrienoic C20:3n3

5.315

5.508

6.408

0.347

0.4137

Docosapentaenoic C22:5n3

1.755b

1.498b

5.60a

0.486

< 0.0001

Docosahexaenoic C22:6n3

16.282b

16.352b

74.918a

6.766

< 0.0001

∑PUFA

596.55b

682.72a

584.25b

16.757

0.0211

n-3 PUFA

28.103b

27.713b

122.23a

10.877

< 0.0001

n-6 PUFA

568.45b

655.05a

462.03c

22.596

< 0.0001

n-6/n-3

471.39a

528.25a

85.252b

48.881

< 0.0001

∑UFA

1473.34

1429.41

1451.92

21.889

0.7582

  1. SFA saturated fatty acids, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids, n-6 omega 6 fatty acids, n-3 omega 3 fatty acids, UFA unsaturated fatty acids, C control diet, T1 control diet with 9% rapeseed meal and 3% grapeseed meal, T2 control diet with 9% flax meal and 3% buckthorn meal, SEM standard error of the mean, p significance.
  2. abcMean marked with a different superscript letter within each column are significantly different.