A STUDY ON THE ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY OF DIFFERENT FAT SOURCES AND LEVELS IN BROILER CHICK VEGETABLE DIETS | ||
| Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | ||
| Article 5, Volume 25, Issue 2, February 2000, Pages 801-820 PDF (687.22 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2000.258596 | ||
| Authors | ||
| F. A. M. Aggoor,1; Y. A. Attia2; E. M. A. Qota3 | ||
| 1Poultry Production Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University. | ||
| 2Animal and Poultry Production Dept., Faculty of Agriculture (Damnhour, 22516), Alexandria University | ||
| 3Animal Production Research Institute, ARC, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was undertaken to asses the energetic efficiency of calories provided by different fat sources and levels in Avian broiler chick diets, either on isocaloric or excess energy basis. Therefore, nine isocaloric-isonitrogenous diets were formulated. The control (corn-soybean diet) contained no added fat, while sunflower oil, palm oil, dry fat (Ultrakcal dry) or soy lecithin were incorporated into the other eight diets at the expense of energy provided by yellow corn at 2.5% or 5% of the diet. Four more diets having excess ME were obtained by adding each of these fat sources to the control diet at 2.5%. Each diet was fed to four replicates of seven chicks each, during the starting and growing period until 42 days of age. The obtained results could be summarized as follows: 1-Regardless of supplemental fat level, dry fat (Ultrakcal dry) was used less efficiently by chicks compared with the other fat types tested. 2-Sunflower oil, palm oil or soy lecithin can be economically used and included at 2.5 or 5% of chicks diet with no adverse effect on their performance for weight gain and feed conversion. 3-Further improvement in the performance of chicks for weight gain and feed conversion was achieved when each of the different types of fat was added to the control diet at 2.5% as an additional energy source. 4-Ether extract digestibility was enhanced, while that of crude protein, crude fiber and NFE was reduced upon feeding the fat-containing diets. 5-Regardless of dietary fat source, the level of dietary fat in isocaloric -isonitrogenous diets had no effect on dressing percentage, but abdominal plus visceral fat in chicks carcass was increased due to dietary inclusion of fat. Moreover, increasing of the ME content of the control diet by additional fat produced carcasses of higher dressing percentage and more depot fat. 6-Feeding fat-containing diets decreased the moisture and protein contents and concomitantly increased the lipid content in chicks meat. 7- Neither dietary fat source nor its level affected the chicks-meat pH value. However, values of water holding capacity and tenderness of chicks meat were decreased , and color score was increased upon feeding the fat-containing diets. 8-Neither dietary fat source nor its level affected total proteins in the plasma of chicks. On the other hand, concentrations of plasma total lipids, triglycerides and cholesterol were increased concurrently with increasing the dietary fat level. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fat; sources; levels; caloric effect; broiler; performance; meat quality; digestibility | ||
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