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. 2017 Aug 18;3(4):386–391. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2017.08.001

Table 4.

Effect of dietary incorporation of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) rich oil sources on performance, protein contents in breast and thigh meat and liver (as such basis).

Oil source Overall performance
Dressing yield, % Protein, %
BWG, g FI, g FCR Breast Thigh Liver
Sunflower oil 1,388 2,950 2.13 71.92 18.95 18.47 21.64
Soybean oil 1,384 2,863 2.07 72.40 18.77 18.04 21.85
Mustard oil 1,368 2,932 2.15 71.01 19.16 17.88 22.13
Linseed oil 1,396 2,898 2.08 70.68 19.11 17.29 21.80
Fish oil 1,324 2,748 2.08 71.42 18.16 17.35 22.19
SEM 13.16 27.71 0.02 0.28 0.22 0.23 0.17
P-value 0.439 0.150 0.421 0.30 0.45 0.08 0.06

BWG = body weight gain; FI = feed intake; FCR = feed conversion ratio; SEM = standard error of mean.