Table 3.
Growth performance of broiler chickens fed different lipid sources
| Item | Experimental diets1
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| T | CO | SFO | TCO | TSFO | SEM | p-value | |
| BW (g/bird at 42 d of age) | 2,301b | 2,333b | 2,401b | 2,653a | 1,993c | 46.9 | 0.039 |
| BW gain (g/d/bird) | 54.8b | 55. 6 b | 57.8b | 63.2a | 47.5c | 2.65 | 0.042 |
| Feed intake (g/bird) | 4,045 | 3,981 | 3,777 | 4,036 | 4,027 | 77.3 | NS |
| Feed conversion ratio (g/g) | 1.76b | 1.71b | 1.57ab | 1.52a | 2.02c | 0.027 | 0.009 |
1
T = 4% tallow; CO = 4% canola oil; SFO = 4% sunflower oil; TCO = 2% tallow+2% canola oil; TSFO = 2% tallow+2% sunflower oil.
a–c
Means within treatment with no common superscript differ significantly. NS = Not significant.