Table 9. Effects of dietary Acremonium terricola culture supplementation on the fatty acid composition of the thigh muscle of Hortobágy geese (% total fatty acids)

Fatty acid	Sex	Control	Low dose	Moderate dose	High dose	SEM	p-value
							ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
C14:0	♂	0.63 ± 0.18	0.81 ± 0.43	0.51 ± 0.08	0.63 ± 0.15	0.069	0.567	0.523	0.335
	♀	0.80 ± 0.32	0.76 ± 0.08	0.48 ± 0.03	0.62 ± 0.08	0.056	0.180	0.570	0.052
	♂ + ♀	0.71 ± 0.25	0.78 ± 0.28	0.50 ± 0.05	0.63 ± 0.11	0.043	0.106	0.818	0.032
C15:1 n-5	♂	0.88 ± 0.34	0.87 ± 0.31	0.94 ± 0.62	0.90 ± 0.33	0.103	0.996	0.986	0.841
	♀	0.78 ± 0.15	0.56 ± 0.19	0.74 ± 0.16	0.77 ± 0.49	0.075	0.766	0.380	0.619
	♂ + ♀	0.83 ± 0.24	0.72 ± 0.29	0.84 ± 0.42	0.84 ± 0.38	0.065	0.903	0.598	0.631
C16:0	♂	22.90 ± 0.45	22.17 ± 1.00	23.65 ± 1.91	23.16 ± 1.41	0.360	0.593	0.627	0.283
	♀	23.22 ± 0.86	23.72 ± 1.06	23.85 ± 0.82	22.90 ± 0.46	0.235	0.505	0.288	0.840
	♂ + ♀	23.06 ± 0.64	22.95 ± 1.25	23.75 ± 1.32	23.03 ± 0.95	0.215	0.551	0.853	0.391
C16:1 n-7	♂	1.85 ± 0.46	2.11 ± 0.22	1.96 ± 0.28	1.77 ± 0.39	0.094	0.673	0.319	0.577
	♀	1.71 ± 0.41	1.88 ± 0.37	2.25 ± 0.44	2.00 ± 0.15	0.106	0.370	0.446	0.149
	♂ + ♀	1.78 ± 0.39	1.99 ± 0.30	2.11 ± 0.36	1.88 ± 0.29	0.069	0.414	0.187	0.451
C17:0	♂	1.01 ± 0.24a	0.59 ± 0.12b	0.80 ± 0.11ab	0.64 ± 0.11b	0.062	0.043	0.027	0.409
	♀	0.94 ± 0.20	0.77 ± 0.16	0.59 ± 0.10	0.82 ± 0.12	0.052	0.109	0.093	0.129
	♂ + ♀	0.97 ± 0.20Aa	0.68 ± 0.16Bb	0.70 ± 0.15Bb	0.73 ± 0.14ABb	0.040	0.020	0.007	0.112
C18:0	♂	12.78 ± 0.33	12.75 ± 0.17	12.66 ± 0.15	13.14 ± 1.11	0.155	0.773	0.716	0.705
	♀	11.77 ± 1.20	12.95 ± 1.18	12.45 ± 0.35	13.15 ± 0.18	0.267	0.279	0.238	0.402
	♂ + ♀	12.28 ± 0.96	12.85 ± 0.76	12.56 ± 0.27	13.15 ± 0.71	0.153	0.217	0.399	0.341
C18:1 n-9c	♂	37.13 ± 0.86	38.05 ± 0.82	37.70 ± 0.75	37.36 ± 1.14	0.246	0.639	0.222	0.914
	♀	37.39 ± 0.88	37.19 ± 0.38	37.42 ± 1.11	37.27 ± 1.51	0.261	0.992	0.874	0.928
	♂ + ♀	37.26 ± 0.79	37.62 ± 0.74	37.56 ± 0.86	37.32 ± 1.20	0.177	0.877	0.438	0.998
C18:2 n-6c	♂	13.72 ± 1.09	13.73 ± 0.51	13.73 ± 1.82	13.27 ± 0.89	0.297	0.951	0.877	0.752
	♀	14.19 ± 0.45	13.72 ± 0.45	13.29 ± 0.69	13.82 ± 0.75	0.177	0.386	0.244	0.282
	♂ + ♀	13.95 ± 0.79	13.72 ± 0.43	13.51 ± 1.26	13.55 ± 0.80	0.170	0.804	0.651	0.390
C18:3 n-3	♂	0.80 ± 0.21	0.65 ± 0.18	0.64 ± 0.20	0.75 ± 0.05	0.047	0.649	0.258	0.759
	♀	0.59 ± 0.19	0.83 ± 0.45	0.76 ± 0.30	0.65 ± 0.17	0.079	0.759	0.309	0.978
	♂ + ♀	0.69 ± 0.21	0.74 ± 0.32	0.70 ± 0.24	0.70 ± 0.12	0.045	0.983	0.735	0.850
C20:1 n-9	♂	0.89 ± 0.36	0.97 ± 0.44	0.67 ± 0.06	0.86 ± 0.31	0.087	0.711	0.954	0.395
	♀	0.90 ± 0.29	0.75 ± 0.36	0.66 ± 0.19	0.62 ± 0.14	0.071	0.583	0.547	0.254
	♂ + ♀	0.90 ± 0.29	0.86 ± 0.38	0.67 ± 0.12	0.74 ± 0.25	0.056	0.461	0.719	0.136
C20:3 n-6	♂	5.05 ± 0.54	5.18 ± 0.36	4.69 ± 0.30	5.49 ± 0.75	0.154	0.364	0.752	0.940
	♀	5.33 ± 0.67	4.87 ± 0.36	5.34 ± 0.45	5.39 ± 0.17	0.127	0.485	0.251	0.329
	♂ + ♀	5.19 ± 0.56	5.02 ± 0.36	5.02 ± 0.50	5.44 ± 0.49	0.099	0.404	0.307	0.542
C20:3 n-3	♂	0.87 ± 0.13	0.66 ± 0.14	0.67 ± 0.24	0.61 ± 0.12	0.050	0.291	0.216	0.230
	♀	0.95 ± 0.14	0.63 ± 0.07	0.62 ± 0.17	0.78 ± 0.14	0.052	0.054	0.013	0.272
	♂ + ♀	0.91 ± 0.13Aa	0.65 ± 0.10Bb	0.65 ± 0.19Bb	0.69 ± 0.15ABb	0.036	0.014	0.005	0.085
C20:5 n-3	♂	0.76 ± 0.16	0.85 ± 0.37	0.72 ± 0.14	0.83 ± 0.22	0.061	0.899	0.814	0.806
	♀	0.72 ± 0.18	0.73 ± 0.18	0.66 ± 0.18	0.59 ± 0.21	0.049	0.803	0.837	0.392
	♂ + ♀	0.74 ± 0.15	0.79 ± 0.27	0.69 ± 0.15	0.71 ± 0.23	0.040	0.840	0.741	0.439
C24:1 n-9	♂	0.72 ± 0.14	0.62 ± 0.09	0.64 ± 0.13	0.60 ± 0.16	0.036	0.701	0.435	0.548
	♀	0.72 ± 0.10	0.64 ± 0.15	0.89 ± 0.34	0.60 ± 0.16	0.061	0.381	0.909	0.602
	♂ + ♀	0.72 ± 0.11	0.63 ± 0.11	0.77 ± 0.27	0.60 ± 0.14	0.035	0.327	0.728	0.906
SFAs	♂	37.32 ± 0.29	36.32 ± 0.84	37.63 ± 1.96	37.56 ± 1.54	0.362	0.613	0.414	0.338
	♀	36.72 ± 0.66	38.20 ± 1.95	37.37 ± 0.58	37.50 ± 0.65	0.317	0.494	0.175	0.968
	♂ + ♀	37.02 ± 0.56	37.26 ± 1.69	37.50 ± 1.30	37.53 ± 1.06	0.237	0.878	0.765	0.461
MUFAs	♂	41.48 ± 0.72	42.62 ± 0.17	41.92 ± 0.53	41.50 ± 0.83	0.205	0.158	0.042	0.363
	♀	41.50 ± 1.49	41.02 ± 1.43	41.97 ± 0.36	41.26 ± 1.02	0.306	0.784	0.810	0.614
	♂ + ♀	41.49 ± 1.05	41.82 ± 1.26	41.94 ± 0.40	41.38 ± 0.84	0.186	0.704	0.382	0.988
PUFAs	♂	21.20 ± 0.97	21.06 ± 0.99	20.45 ± 2.43	20.94 ± 1.03	0.377	0.931	0.823	0.627
	♀	21.77 ± 0.84	20.78 ± 0.74	20.66 ± 0.69	21.24 ± 0.53	0.219	0.282	0.089	0.448
	♂ + ♀	21.49 ± 0.87	20.92 ± 0.80	20.56 ± 1.60	21.09 ± 0.75	0.214	0.515	0.267	0.391

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.