Table 3.

Effects of different lipid sources on growth performance and nutrient digestibility in broilers.¹

Item	LD	SO	FO	SE	P-value
Growth performance
Starter (1 to 21 d)
BWG, g	487	503	500	24	0.90
FI, g	824	823	812	34	0.96
FCR	1.708	1.637	1.626	0.040	0.31
Finisher (22 to 42 d)
BWG, g	1,678	1,763	1,752	39	0.27
FI, g	3,105	2,956	2,977	74	0.33
FCR	1.855a	1.677b	1.698b	0.037	<0.01
Overall (1 to 42 d)
BWG, g	2,176	2,266	2,253	61	0.54
FI, g	3,918	3,778	3,789	93	0.52
FCR	1.808a	1.668b	1.681b	0.034	0.02
Total tract nutrient digestibility on d 42
Ca	42.52	43.24	40.92	1.94	0.88
P	52.91	52.50	56.90	2.81	0.49
Crude fat	80.63b	85.53a	84.43a	1.35	0.06
Crude protein	52.29	55.42	54.51	2.12	0.56

SO = 5% sesame oil; FO = 5% flaxseed oil; LD = 5% lard; BWG = body weight gain per broiler; FI = feed intake per broiler; FCR = feed conversion ratio.

^a,bMeans in the same row with different superscripts indicate significant difference (P < 0.05).

¹n = 360 (120 broilers × 3 treatments) with 20 broilers per cage and 6 cages per treatment.