Table 8. Effects of dietary Acremonium terricola culture supplementation on the fatty acid composition of the pectoralis major of Hortobágy geese (% total fatty acids)

Fatty acid	Sex	Control	Low dose	Moderate dose	High dose	SEM	p-value
Fatty acid	Sex	Control	Low dose	Moderate dose	High dose	SEM	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
C14:0	♂	0.57 ± 0.12	0.42 ± 0.04	0.48 ± 0.06	0.48 ± 0.19	0.033	0.554	0.194	0.850
	♀	0.63 ± 0.17	0.62 ± 0.21	0.53 ± 0.07	0.50 ± 0.04	0.038	0.607	0.957	0.209
	♂ + ♀	0.60 ± 0.13	0.52 ± 0.17	0.51 ± 0.06	0.49 ± 0.12	0.026	0.518	0.394	0.258
C15:1 n-5	♂	0.81 ± 0.16	0.69 ± 0.11	0.62 ± 0.01	0.78 ± 0.01	0.033	0.137	0.070	0.365
	♀	0.72 ± 0.24	0.73 ± 0.34	0.77 ± 0.15	0.95 ± 0.23	0.068	0.657	0.804	0.385
	♂ + ♀	0.77 ± 0.19	0.71 ± 0.23	0.69 ± 0.13	0.87 ± 0.17	0.038	0.377	0.317	0.598
C16:0	♂	22.22 ± 1.11	22.69 ± 0.16	22.78 ± 0.56	22.61 ± 1.15	0.219	0.858	0.491	0.640
	♀	23.50 ± 0.94	23.59 ± 1.46	22.80 ± 1.91	21.61 ± 0.65	0.405	0.308	0.685	0.119
	♂ + ♀	22.86 ± 1.15	23.14 ± 1.05	22.79 ± 1.26	22.11 ± 1.00	0.227	0.455	0.468	0.243
C16:1 n-7	♂	1.06 ± 0.25^Bc	1.89 ± 0.15^Aa	1.70 ± 0.19^Aab	1.45 ± 0.22^ABbc	0.106	0.006	0.001	0.417
	♀	1.28 ± 0.18	1.91 ± 0.25	1.78 ± 0.28	1.09 ± 0.04	0.114	0.004	0.001	0.215
	♂ + ♀	1.17 ± 0.23^B	1.90 ± 0.19^A	1.74 ± 0.22^A	1.27 ± 0.24^B	0.076	＜0.001	＜0.001	0.740
C17:0	♂	0.69 ± 0.18	0.56 ± 0.12	0.76 ± 0.20	0.92 ± 0.31	0.065	0.288	0.356	0.118
	♀	0.51 ± 0.33	0.49 ± 0.04	0.70 ± 0.06	0.85 ± 0.46	0.083	0.414	0.783	0.133
	♂ + ♀	0.60 ± 0.26	0.53 ± 0.09	0.73 ± 0.13	0.89 ± 0.35	0.052	0.068	0.390	0.018
C18:0	♂	14.18 ± 0.20	13.04 ± 0.89	14.29 ± 0.33	13.78 ± 0.61	0.204	0.101	0.086	0.234
	♀	13.18 ± 0.78	13.22 ± 0.62	13.54 ± 1.33	14.34 ± 0.61	0.259	0.404	0.774	0.188
	♂ + ♀	13.68 ± 0.75	13.13 ± 0.69	13.92 ± 0.96	14.06 ± 0.62	0.164	0.200	0.216	0.078
C18:1 n-9c	♂	36.05 ± 0.70^AB	37.41 ± 0.57^A	34.83 ± 0.98^B	36.15 ± 0.84^AB	0.337	0.025	0.208	0.026
	♀	35.92 ± 0.15	35.30 ± 0.58	36.15 ± 0.38	36.08 ± 1.49	0.227	0.596	0.421	0.319
	♂ + ♀	35.99 ± 0.46	36.36 ± 1.27	35.49 ± 0.98	36.12 ± 1.08	0.200	0.504	0.789	0.375
C18:2 n-6c	♂	14.35 ± 0.67	13.69 ± 0.20	14.17 ± 0.94	13.94 ± 0.89	0.196	0.724	0.386	0.927
	♀	14.42 ± 0.66	14.56 ± 0.20	13.55 ± 0.78	13.80 ± 0.16	0.181	0.130	0.889	0.028
	♂ + ♀	14.38 ± 0.60	14.13 ± 0.51	13.86 ± 0.85	13.87 ± 0.57	0.131	0.468	0.519	0.156
C18:3 n-3	♂	0.98 ± 0.22	0.49 ± 0.13	0.92 ± 0.05	1.04 ± 0.36	0.085	0.057	0.024	0.090
	♀	0.69 ± 0.15^b	0.59 ± 0.15^b	0.99 ± 0.36^ab	1.25 ± 0.30^a	0.101	0.049	0.431	0.012
	♂ + ♀	0.83 ± 0.23^ABb	0.54 ± 0.14^Bc	0.96 ± 0.23^Aab	1.15 ± 0.32^Aa	0.065	0.002	0.023	0.001
C20:1 n-9	♂	0.61 ± 0.12	0.82 ± 0.15	0.80 ± 0.13	0.80 ± 0.12	0.041	0.234	0.096	0.295
	♀	0.67 ± 0.29	0.69 ± 0.13	0.78 ± 0.13	0.92 ± 0.18	0.056	0.423	0.882	0.171
	♂ + ♀	0.64 ± 0.20	0.76 ± 0.15	0.79 ± 0.12	0.86 ± 0.15	0.034	0.133	0.345	0.062
C20:3 n-6	♂	5.86 ± 0.72	6.21 ± 0.54	6.41 ± 0.59	5.56 ± 0.74	0.189	0.437	0.289	0.901
	♀	5.57 ± 0.40	6.49 ± 0.30	6.06 ± 0.84	5.63 ± 0.31	0.168	0.179	0.042	0.553
	♂ + ♀	5.71 ± 0.55	6.35 ± 0.42	6.24 ± 0.68	5.60 ± 0.51	0.124	0.065	0.019	0.609
C20:3 n-3	♂	0.80 ± 0.15	0.56 ± 0.06	0.75 ± 0.08	0.89 ± 0.22	0.051	0.102	0.048	0.124
	♀	1.22 ± 0.51	0.59 ± 0.03	0.71 ± 0.12	0.96 ± 0.08	0.098	0.074	0.013	0.659
	♂ + ♀	1.01 ± 0.41^Aa	0.57 ± 0.04^Bbc	0.73 ± 0.09^ABb	0.93 ± 0.15^ABab	0.056	0.013	0.001	0.694
C20:5 n-3	♂	0.85 ± 0.06	1.00 ± 0.23	0.88 ± 0.35	0.80 ± 0.05	0.057	0.728	0.387	0.509
	♀	0.77 ± 0.23	0.65 ± 0.27	0.95 ± 0.07	1.07 ± 0.04	0.066	0.076	0.306	0.019
	♂ + ♀	0.81 ± 0.15	0.82 ± 0.29	0.91 ± 0.23	0.94 ± 0.15	0.043	0.673	0.472	0.233
C24:1 n-9	♂	0.98 ± 0.13	0.52 ± 0.23	0.61 ± 0.19	0.78 ± 0.17	0.070	0.058	0.010	0.626
	♀	0.92 ± 0.20	0.57 ± 0.09	0.70 ± 0.05	0.93 ± 0.24	0.061	0.071	0.016	0.449
	♂ + ♀	0.81 ± 0.15^Aa	0.82 ± 0.29^Cb	0.91 ± 0.23^BCb	0.94 ± 0.15^ABa	0.046	0.001	＜0.001	0.873
SFAs	♂	37.65 ± 1.21	36.72 ± 1.16	38.31 ± 0.30	37.80 ± 0.81	0.289	0.293	0.376	0.151
	♀	37.82 ± 0.64	37.92 ± 1.52	37.56 ± 0.47	37.30 ± 0.92	0.250	0.863	0.825	0.459
	♂ + ♀	37.74 ± 0.87	37.32 ± 1.37	37.94 ± 0.54	37.55 ± 0.82	0.187	0.717	0.627	0.587
MUFAs	♂	39.51 ± 1.02^ABb	41.33 ± 0.47^Aa	38.56 ± 1.02^Bb	39.96 ± 0.51^ABab	0.360	0.017	0.085	0.036
	♀	39.52 ± 0.50	39.20 ± 0.73	40.18 ± 0.16	39.98 ± 1.45	0.239	0.523	0.743	0.181
	♂ + ♀	39.52 ± 0.72	40.27 ± 1.29	39.37 ± 1.10	39.97 ± 0.97	0.212	0.435	0.393	0.609
PUFAs	♂	22.83 ± 0.22	21.94 ± 0.81	23.13 ± 0.85	22.24 ± 1.30	0.259	0.394	0.458	0.577
	♀	22.67 ± 0.38	22.88 ± 0.79	22.26 ± 0.49	22.72 ± 0.61	0.160	0.633	0.912	0.427
	♂ + ♀	22.75 ± 0.29	22.41 ± 0.88	22.70 ± 0.78	22.48 ± 0.94	0.149	0.843	0.573	0.983

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.
SFAs include C14:0, C16:0, C17:0, and C18:0; MUFAs include C15:1 n-5, C16:1 n-7, C18:1 n-9c, C20:1 n-9, and C24:1 n-9; PUFAs include C18:2 n-6c, C18:3 n-3, C20:3 n-6, C20:3 n-3, and C20:5 n-3.
Means within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).
Means within a row with different superscripts differ extremely significantly (p < 0.01). SFAs, saturated fatty acids; MUFAs, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFAs, polyunsaturated fatty acids.