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. 2013 May;26(5):705–710. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12633

Table 6.

Intestinal measurements of broiler chickens fed different lipid sources

Item	Experimental diets¹
Item	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)	41.01^a	41.25^a	47.03^b	48.51^b	45.05^a	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)	21.75^a	25.08^a	20.75^b	22.25^b	23.50^a	0.91^a	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.