Table 5.
Carcass parameters of broiler chickens fed different lipid sources
| Item | Experimental diets1
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| T | CO | SFO | TCO | TSFO | SEM | p-value | |
| Liver weight (g) | 58.1 | 64.0 | 49.9 | 60.1 | 56.5 | 4.21 | NS |
| Liver (%) | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.05 | NS |
| Pancreas weight (g) | 9.12c | 5.51a | 6.98b | 6.80b | 5.32a | 0.12 | 0.021 |
| Pancreas (%) | 0.48b | 0.29a | 0.34a | 0.30a | 0.35a | 0.01 | 0.025 |
| Full gizzard weight (g) | 61.5ab | 68.8b | 64.3ab | 71.7b | 52.1a | 4.23 | 0.007 |
| Full gizzard (%) | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 0.51 | NS |
| Heart weight (g) | 11.7 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 15.3 | 1.44 | NS |
| Heart (%) | 0.60 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.69 | 0.02 | NS |
| Kidney weight (g) | 9.4 | 11.0 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 2.12 | NS |
| Kidney (%) | 0.48 | 0.75 | 0.40 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.02 | NS |
| Proventiculus weight (g) | 10.4b | 11.9c | 8.0b | 9.4b | 7.2a | 1.61 | 0.028 |
| Proventiculus (%) | 0.54b | 0.60b | 0.40b | 0.42b | 0.32a | 0.01 | 0.033 |
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.