Table 4. Effects of dietary selenium sources¹⁾ on cholesterol content and fatty acid composition of Pectoralis major m. in commercial broiler chickens

Traits²⁾	T1	T2	T3	RMSE	p-value
Cholesterol	1.12	1.16	1.16	0.18	0.901
C14:0	0.10	0.09	0.11	0.05	0.881
C15:0	0.19	0.19	0.18	0.03	0.823
C16:0	5.01	4.27	5.18	1.76	0.642
C16:1	1.20	0.94	1.28	0.44	0.407
C18:0	1.21	1.19	1.29	0.40	0.905
C18:1n9c	6.28	5.88	7.59	2.70	0.534
C18:2n6c	4.89	3.77	4.79	1.61	0.433
C18:3n3	0.24	0.17	0.23	0.08	0.420
C23:0	0.54	0.47	0.48	0.11	0.507
SFA	7.05	6.21	7.23	2.26	0.712
MUFA	7.49	6.82	8.87	3.10	0.522
PUFA	5.12	3.94	5.02	1.69	0.433
n-6/n-3	21.02	21.52	20.82	0.93	0.421
PUFA: SFA	0.72^a	0.64^b	0.70^a	0.04	0.014

The T1, T2, and T3 treatment groups were fed diets containing 0.3 ppm Na-Se, 0.15 ppm Na-Se+0.15 ppm Zn-L-SeMet, and 0.3 ppm Zn-L-SeMet, respectively.
mg/100 g.
LSMeans in the same row with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: SFA, ratio of PUFA to SFA; Zn-L-SeMet, Zn-L-selenomethionine.