Table 6.
Intestinal measurements of broiler chickens fed different lipid sources
| Item | Experimental diets1
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | CO | SFO | TCO | TSFO | SEM | p-value | |
| Duodenum | |||||||
| Weight (g) | 29.07 | 30.45 | 31.25 | 32.18 | 24.95 | 1.71 | NS |
| Length (cm) | 41.01a | 41.25a | 47.03b | 48.51b | 45.05a | 1.81 | 0.005 |
| Width (mm) | 9.64 | 10.94 | 9.82 | 9.21 | 9.54 | 0.33 | NS |
| Yield (%) | 1.50 | 1.57 | 1.55 | 1.44 | 1.20 | 0.09 | NS |
| Jejunum | |||||||
| Weight (g) | 122.7 | 109.3 | 125.6 | 121.1 | 127.1 | 10.03 | NS |
| Length (cm) | 15.50 | 14.25 | 14.75 | 15.51 | 13.53 | 5.65 | NS |
| Width (mm) | 14.28 | 11.72 | 11.83 | 14.68 | 16.67 | 1.39 | NS |
| Yield (%) | 5.19 | 6.09 | 6.11 | 5.78 | 6.08 | 0.25 | NS |
| Ileum | |||||||
| Weight (g) | 13.61 | 14.05 | 13.98 | 14.34 | 16.36 | 1.31 | NS |
| Length (cm) | 21.75a | 25.08a | 20.75b | 22.25b | 23.50a | 0.91a | 0.026 |
| Width (mm) | 10.81 | 8.71 | 11.32 | 11.01 | 11.74 | 0.41 | NS |
| Yield (%) | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.75 | 0.03 | NS |
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–b
Means within treatment with no common superscript differ significantly. NS = Not significant.