Research Article

A Note on Fatty Acids Profile of Meat from Broiler Chickens Supplemented with Inorganic or Organic Selenium

Table 3

Calculated lipids indices in terms of the health needs of consumers for Pectoralis and Gastrocnemius muscles of chickens supplemented in diet with inorganic (Se-Na) or organic (Se-Met) selenium.

Pectoralis (Pe)Gastrocnemius (G)Main effects
ControlSe-NaSe-MetControlSe-NaSe-MetMuscle (M)Diet (D)M D

P/S
n-6
n-3
n-6/n-3
IA
IT
h/H

Data are mean ± SEM. NS: not significant, P/S: PUFA/SFA, IA: atherogenicity, IT: thrombogenicity, and h/H: hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratio.