Table 3.
Productive performance, mortality, and carcass traits of broilers chickens fed a control, camelina, flax, and sunflower diet 1.
| Items | Treatments 2 | Statistical Parameters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | CAM | FLA | SUN | SEM 3 | p-Value 4 | |
| Productivity Parameters | ||||||
| 1–20 day (starter period) | ||||||
| BW 5, g | 639 | 652 | 656 | 644 | 53.2 | 0.145 |
| ADFI 6, g/day | 58.3 | 59.1 | 57.9 | 58.2 | 33.4 | 0.089 |
| BWG 7, g/chicken | 678 | 694 | 695 | 683 | 2.04 | 0.209 |
| FCR 8, kg/kg | 1.67 | 1.68 | 1.69 | 1.65 | 0.05 | 0.203 |
| 21–35 day (grower period) | ||||||
| BW 5, g | 1713 | 1814 | 1794 | 1783 | 63.1 | 0.126 |
| ADFI 6, g/day | 1102 | 1103 | 1084 | 1056 | 47.2 | 0.157 |
| BWG 7, g/chicken | 1265 | 1304 | 1315 | 1289 | 3.15 | 0.241 |
| FCR 8, kg/kg | 2.04 | 2.01 | 1.95 | 1.94 | 0.03 | 0.089 |
| 36–42 day (finisher period) | ||||||
| BW 5, g | 2415 b | 2693 a | 2617 a | 2565 a,b | 78.6 | 0.038 |
| ADFI 6. g/day | 1402 a | 1311 b | 1355 a,b | 1330 b | 97.3 | 0.042 |
| BWG 7, g/chicken | 543 | 539 | 542 | 551 | 3.14 | 0.127 |
| FCR 8, kg/kg | 1.96 | 1.86 | 1.82 | 1.87 | 0.07 | 0.138 |
| 21–42 day (grower and finisher period) | ||||||
| BW 5, g | 2064 | 2254 | 2206 | 2174 | 95.30 | 0.082 |
| ADFI 6, g/day | 1252 | 1207 | 1220 | 1193 | 87.20 | 0.145 |
| BWG 7, g/chicken | 904 | 922 | 929 | 920 | 5.15 | 0.484 |
| FCR 8, kg/kg | 2.00 a | 1.86 b | 1.89 a,b | 1.91 a | 0.15 | 0.035 |
| Mortality, % | 3.12 a | 2.14 b | 2.15 b | 1.57 c | 0.04 | 0.026 |
| Slaughter parameters | ||||||
| Dressing percentage, g/kg | 76.1 | 78.2 | 78.6 | 76.9 | 3.45 | 0.241 |
| Abdominal fat, g | 18.1 a | 7.46 d | 9.51 c | 14.3 b | 0.18 | 0.028 |
| Muscles weight, g | ||||||
| Breast muscle, g | 348 b | 359 b | 401 a | 378 a | 2.41 | 0.035 |
| Drumstick muscle, g | 152 a | 149 a,b | 156 a | 137 b | 9.84 | 0.016 |
| Organ weight, g | ||||||
| Liver | 53.6 | 47.8 | 48.4 | 54.6 | 0.57 | 0.135 |
| Stomach | 29.3 b | 34.4 a | 32.1 a,b | 36.8 a | 0.33 | 0.044 |
| Heart | 12.6 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 0.09 | 0.257 |
1 Data represent the mean of 5 cages (10 broiler chicken/cage) per treatment; 2 Control—diet without oilseeds; CAM—diet with 15% camelina seeds, FLA—with 15% flax seeds; SUN—diet with 15% sunflower seeds; 3 SEM—the standard error of the mean, 4 p < 0.05—statistical differences; a,b,c—statistical differences; 5 BW—average body weight; 6 ADFI—average daily feed intake; 7 BWG—body weight gain; 8 FCR—feed conversion ratio.