Table 7. Effects of dietary Acremonium terricola culture supplementation on the amino acid levels of the thigh muscle of Hortobágy geese (g/100 g of meat)

Amino acid	Sex	Control	Low dose	Moderate dose	High dose	SEM	p-value
							ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
Aspartic acid	♂	6.73 ± 0.70	6.46 ± 0.09	6.62 ± 0.13	6.73 ± 0.35	0.104	0.829	0.410	0.737
	♀	6.52 ± 0.36	6.48 ± 0.08	6.27 ± 0.46	6.19 ± 0.21	0.087	0.535	0.959	0.173
	♂ + ♀	6.62 ± 0.51	6.47 ± 0.07	6.44 ± 0.36	6.46 ± 0.39	0.072	0.827	0.495	0.541
Glutamic acid	♂	13.92 ± 0.98	13.64 ± 0.24	13.91 ± 0.24	14.34 ± 0.78	0.177	0.639	0.476	0.381
	♀	13.88 ± 0.90	13.79 ± 0.10	13.34 ± 1.07	13.07 ± 0.37	0.205	0.510	0.994	0.170
	♂ + ♀	13.90 ± 0.84	13.71 ± 0.18	13.63 ± 0.76	13.70 ± 0.88	1.397	0.927	0.638	0.637
Glycine	♂	3.82 ± 0.31	3.61 ± 0.13	3.69 ± 0.19	3.64 ± 0.18	0.058	0.645	0.326	0.681
	♀	3.62 ± 0.25	3.53 ± 0.11	3.44 ± 0.30	3.35 ± 0.02	0.146	0.461	0.742	0.171
	♂ + ♀	3.72 ± 0.28	3.57 ± 0.12	3.57 ± 0.26	3.50 ± 0.19	0.046	0.376	0.364	0.221
Alanine	♂	5.02 ± 0.28	4.95 ± 0.06	5.03 ± 0.05	5.09 ± 0.25	0.049	0.852	0.613	0.516
	♀	4.95 ± 0.22	4.91 ± 0.10	4.76 ± 0.29	4.70 ± 0.17	0.059	0.426	0.943	0.127
	♂ + ♀	4.98 ± 0.23	4.93 ± 0.08	4.90 ± 0.28	4.89 ± 0.28	0.043	0.880	0.715	0.489
Serine	♂	3.30 ± 0.07	3.33 ± 0.05	3.35 ± 0.04	3.42 ± 0.17	0.027	0.525	0.940	0.238
	♀	3.34 ± 0.20	3.33 ± 0.05	3.21 ± 0.21	3.19 ± 0.09	0.043	0.533	0.982	0.166
	♂ + ♀	3.32 ± 0.14	3.33 ± 0.04	3.28 ± 0.16	3.30 ± 0.18	0.026	0.937	0.955	0.572
Arginine	♂	5.04 ± 0.37	4.96 ± 0.05	5.03 ± 0.05	5.15 ± 0.24	0.058	0.787	0.547	0.530
	♀	4.99 ± 0.34	4.97 ± 0.08	4.76 ± 0.35	4.72 ± 0.11	0.072	0.471	0.958	0.138
	♂ + ♀	5.02 ± 0.32	4.97 ± 0.06	4.89 ± 0.27	4.93 ± 0.29	0.049	0.857	0.675	0.460
Proline	♂	10.46 ± 0.30	10.66 ± 0.12	10.64 ± 0.33	11.04 ± 0.65	0.117	0.401	0.854	0.258
	♀	10.84 ± 0.66	10.81 ± 0.17	10.41 ± 0.72	10.31 ± 0.44	0.151	0.555	0.986	0.178
	♂ + ♀	10.65 ± 0.50	10.74 ± 0.16	10.53 ± 0.52	10.68 ± 0.63	0.094	0.897	0.902	0.651
NEAAs	♂	53.76 ± 3.17	53.49 ± 0.72	51.66 ± 3.67	50.79 ± 1.61	0.737	0.472	0.993	0.146
	♀	54.19 ± 3.17	53.91 ± 0.75	55.17 ± 2.75	53.98 ± 3.16	0.671	0.930	0.962	0.741
	♂ + ♀	53.98 ± 2.84	53.70 ± 0.70	53.42 ± 3.48	52.39 ± 2.84	0.526	0.753	0.968	0.402
Tyrosine	♂	2.69 ± 0.25	2.67 ± 0.01	2.69 ± 0.04	2.78 ± 0.14	0.038	0.775	0.674	0.543
	♀	2.71 ± 0.12	2.70 ± 0.04	2.60 ± 0.22	2.52 ± 0.11	0.041	0.363	0.895	0.112
	♂ + ♀	2.70 ± 0.18	2.69 ± 0.03	2.64 ± 0.15	2.65 ± 0.18	0.029	0.895	0.834	0.466
Phenylalanine	♂	3.15 ± 0.22	3.10 ± 0.03	3.12 ± 0.05	3.20 ± 0.13	0.035	0.798	0.518	0.653
	♀	3.15 ± 0.12	3.11 ± 0.04	3.02 ± 0.20	2.96 ± 0.13	0.040	0.382	0.903	0.118
	♂ + ♀	3.15 ± 0.16	3.11 ± 0.03	3.07 ± 0.14	3.08 ± 0.18	0.027	0.781	0.596	0.384
Threonine	♂	4.30 ± 0.22	4.27 ± 0.04	4.31 ± 0.11	4.45 ± 0.26	0.049	0.653	0.635	0.412
	♀	4.27 ± 0.25	4.27 ± 0.02	4.13 ± 0.32	4.10 ± 0.14	0.058	0.661	0.973	0.239
	♂ + ♀	4.29 ± 0.22	4.27 ± 0.03	4.22 ± 0.23	4.27 ± 0.27	0.040	0.945	0.495	0.541
Cysteine	♂	0.67 ± 0.05	0.64 ± 0.01	0.68 ± 0.02	0.67 ± 0.04	0.010	0.652	0.391	0.448
	♀	0.66 ± 0.04	0.64 ± 0.01	0.64 ± 0.04	0.64 ± 0.05	0.009	0.895	0.529	0.706
	♂ + ♀	0.67 ± 0.04	0.64 ± 0.01	0.66 ± 0.04	0.66 ± 0.04	0.007	0.703	0.275	0.779
Valine	♂	3.95 ± 0.31	3.90 ± 0.01	3.97 ± 0.06	4.06 ± 0.21	0.050	0.772	0.632	0.447
	♀	3.91 ± 0.13	3.92 ± 0.05	3.78 ± 0.26	3.72 ± 0.15	0.048	0.436	0.876	0.129
	♂ + ♀	3.93 ± 0.21	3.91 ± 0.03	3.87 ± 0.20	3.89 ± 0.25	0.037	0.956	0.808	0.629
Methionine	♂	2.30 ± 0.13	2.31 ± 0.02	2.30 ± 0.05	2.36 ± 0.11	0.023	0.816	0.906	0.705
	♀	2.28 ± 0.10	2.27 ± 0.07	2.19 ± 0.13	2.21 ± 0.15	0.031	0.737	0.900	0.298
	♂ + ♀	2.29 ± 0.11	2.29 ± 0.05	2.24 ± 0.11	2.29 ± 0.14	0.021	0.829	0.863	0.529
Isoleucine	♂	3.97 ± 0.34	3.97 ± 0.07	3.98 ± 0.07	4.12 ± 0.23	0.056	0.784	0.785	0.541
	♀	3.98 ± 0.19	3.96 ± 0.06	3.83 ± 0.28	3.76 ± 0.14	0.054	0.463	0.967	0.143
	♂ + ♀	3.98 ± 0.25	3.96 ± 0.06	3.90 ± 0.20	3.94 ± 0.26	0.040	0.927	0.820	0.574
Leucine	♂	7.66 ± 0.56	7.62 ± 0.06	7.65 ± 0.15	7.87 ± 0.39	0.092	0.807	0.715	0.577
	♀	7.69 ± 0.41	7.62 ± 0.07	7.32 ± 0.50	7.26 ± 0.27	0.103	0.410	0.878	0.114
	♂ + ♀	7.67 ± 0.44	7.62 ± 0.06	7.48 ± 0.37	7.57 ± 0.45	0.072	0.830	0.720	0.428
Lysine	♂	6.18 ± 0.52	6.10 ± 0.06	6.19 ± 0.16	6.33 ± 0.26	0.078	0.819	0.622	0.511
	♀	6.11 ± 0.37	6.15 ± 0.03	5.91 ± 0.37	5.79 ± 0.21	0.213	0.415	0.757	0.127
	♂ + ♀	6.15 ± 0.40	6.12 ± 0.05	6.05 ± 0.30	6.06 ± 0.36	0.060	0.936	0.887	0.537
Histidine	♂	2.32 ± 0.29	2.24 ± 0.04	2.27 ± 0.11	2.31 ± 0.02	0.040	0.885	0.459	0.918
	♀	2.26 ± 0.09	2.33 ± 0.06	2.23 ± 0.04	2.10 ± 0.16	0.035	0.118	0.216	0.056
	♂ + ♀	2.29 ± 0.19	2.28 ± 0.07	2.25 ± 0.07	2.21 ± 0.16	0.027	0.702	0.939	0.288
EAAs	♂	31.52 ± 2.30	31.28 ± 0.22	31.50 ± 0.57	34.40 ± 1.58	0.374	0.785	0.670	0.524
	♀	31.39 ± 1.58	31.29 ± 0.33	30.18 ± 2.05	29.80 ± 1.17	0.409	0.471	0.984	0.141
	♂ + ♀	31.46 ± 1.77	31.28 ± 0.25	30.84 ± 1.53	31.10 ± 1.89	0.291	0.906	0.781	0.522
FAAs	♂	34.53 ± 2.42	33.63 ± 0.43	34.28 ± 0.25	34.95 ± 1.77	0.400	0.762	0.418	0.559
	♀	33.96 ± 2.07	33.67 ± 0.42	32.57 ± 2.46	32.02 ± 0.83	0.475	0.484	0.945	0.154
	♂ + ♀	34.24 ± 2.04	33.65 ± 0.38	33.43 ± 1.82	33.48 ± 2.02	0.332	0.835	0.565	0.489
TAAs	♂	85.50 ± 5.46	84.45 ± 0.78	85.41 ± 1.32	87.57 ± 4.33	0.943	0.752	0.579	0.483
	♀	85.15 ± 4.75	84.78 ± 1.05	81.84 ± 5.73	80.59 ± 2.77	1.145	0.470	0.990	0.144
	♂ + ♀	85.33 ± 4.58	84.62 ± 0.85	83.63 ± 4.20	84.08 ± 5.01	0.776	0.896	0.727	0.503
EAA/TAA%	♂	36.85 ± 0.34	37.04 ± 0.08	36.88 ± 0.11	37.00 ± 0.10	0.052	0.600	0.396	0.951
	♀	36.87 ± 0.20	36.91 ± 0.07	36.88 ± 0.08	36.97 ± 0.23	0.042	0.865	0.983	0.713
	♂ + ♀	36.86 ± 0.25	36.97 ± 0.10	36.88 ± 0.09	36.99 ± 0.16	0.033	0.462	0.457	0.830
FAA/TAA%	♂	40.37 ± 0.59	39.82 ± 0.18	40.14 ± 0.34	39.90 ± 0.16	0.110	0.308	0.169	0.726
	♀	39.87 ± 0.21	39.71 ± 0.03	39.79 ± 0.25	39.74 ± 0.44	0.069	0.893	0.566	0.853
	♂ + ♀	40.12 ± 0.48	39.77 ± 0.13	39.97 ± 0.33	39.82 ± 0.31	0.070	0.288	0.152	0.704
EAA/NEAA%	♂	58.36 ± 0.85	58.83 ± 0.21	58.43 ± 0.28	58.72 ± 0.25	0.131	0.602	0.399	0.947
	♀	58.41 ± 0.51	58.50 ± 0.18	58.43 ± 0.21	58.67 ± 0.57	0.105	0.864	0.986	0.713
	♂ + ♀	58.39 ± 0.63	58.66 ± 0.25	58.43 ± 0.22	58.69 ± 0.40	0.082	0.464	0.462	0.833

Control, low dose, moderate dose and high dose represent Hortobágy geese supplemented with 0 g, 3 g, 5 g, and 7 g Acremonium terricola culture per kg of the basal diet, respectively.
The average n values for ♂ (males), ♀ (females), and ♂ + ♀ (both sexes) were 12, 12, and 24, respectively.
FAAs include aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine and arginine.
NEAA, nonessential amino acid; EAA, essential amino acid; FAA, flavoring amino acid; TAA, total amino acid.