Table 5 Fatty acid composition of hepatic total lipids of broilers fed diets with either 0 (HI-0), 2.5% (HI-2.5) or 5.0% (HI-5.0) Hermetia illucens (HI) larvae fat for 35 d

 C12:0

0.56 ± 0.17^c

1.03 ± 0.2^b

1.53 ± 0.34^a

0.000

 C14:0

0.48 ± 0.18^c

1.18 ± 0.41^b

1.89 ± 0.53^a

0.000

 C16:0

22.0 ± 2.7

22.4 ± 2.1

22.3 ± 2.4

0.945

 C16:1

1.93 ± 0.68^b

1.81 ± 0.85^b

2.62 ± 0.55^a

0.012

 C18:0

21.5 ± 2.9

21.5 ± 2.4

19.7 ± 2.2

0.108

 C18:1 n-9

21.6 ± 4.4

20.4 ± 4

23.1 ± 3.3

0.204

 C18:2 n-6

20.5 ± 2.6

20.4 ± 2.2

19.3 ± 2.9

0.436

 C18:3 n-3

0.61 ± 0.09^a

0.50 ± 0.11^b

0.43 ± 0.10^b

0.000

 C20:3 n-6

0.87 ± 0.31

0.97 ± 0.33

0.95 ± 0.15

0.352

 C20:4 n-6

8.52 ± 2.09

8.46 ± 1.74

7.10 ± 1.34

0.065

 C22:6 n-3

0.92 ± 0.37

0.83 ± 0.34

0.67 ± 0.18

0.035