Table 4 Effect of dietary germanium on composition of yolk fatty acids (%) in laying hens

Germanium (%)	C14:0	C16:0	C16:1(n-7)	C18:0	C18:1(n-9)	C18:2(n-6)	C18:3(n-3)	C20:1(n-9)	C20:4(n-6)	C22:6(n-3)	MUFA1	PUFA2	UFA3	SFA4
0	0.23	28.42	3.82	9.90a	43.37b	13.15	0.23	0.40	0.22	0.26	47.59b	13.87	61.46	38.54
1	0.20	28.70	3.80	10.22a	42.32b	13.57	0.24	0.40	0.27	0.28	46.53b	14.36	60.89	39.11
2	0.20	28.18	4.11	8.98b	44.74a	12.70	0.24	0.42	0.21	0.24	49.26a	13.38	62.64	37.36
4	0.21	27.87	3.66	10.16a	44.53a	12.49	0.22	0.38	0.22	0.26	48.57a	13.19	61.76	38.24
SEM	0.03	0.25	0.10	0.20	0.54	0.25	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.56	0.26	0.40	0.40
P-value	0.27	0.29	0.41	0.04	0.03	0.16	0.77	0.68	0.06	0.55	0.04	0.16	0.10	0.10

^a,b Value with the different letters in the row are significantly different at 5% level.
¹ Monounsaturated fatty acid, ² Polyunsaturated fatty acid, ³ Unsaturated fatty acid, ⁴ Saturated fatty acid.