Table 3.
Effect of different supplemental oils on tissue weight in broiler chickens.
| Diet | Abdominal fat | Heart | Spleen | Liver | Bursa | Thymus | Breast | Leg + thigh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g/kg | % of Body weight | |||||||
| SO | 0.84 | 0.52 | 0.12 | 3.14 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 6.24 | 3.70 |
| SFO | 0.91 | 0.53 | 0.08 | 2.11 | 0.21 | 0.54 | 5.11 | 4.63 |
| FLO | 0.75 | 0.46 | 0.09 | 2.15 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 5.40 | 3.19 |
| FO | 1.15 | 0.53 | 0.11 | 2.44 | 0.15 | 0.35 | 7.27 | 3.30 |
| CO | 1.41 | 0.49 | 0.10 | 1.74 | 0.18 | 0.45 | 4.51 | 3.17 |
| SO + FO | 0.87 | 0.46 | 0.12 | 2.45 | 0.26 | 0.46 | 5.26 | 3.67 |
| DHA | 1.18 | 0.53 | 0.14 | 3.45 | 0.25 | 0.92 | 4.77 | 3.18 |
| EO | 1.64 | 0.21 | 0.10 | 2.30 | 0.19 | 0.43 | 4.92 | 4.11 |
| SE Mean mmMean | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.59 | 0.56 |
| P-value | 0.480 | 0.412 | 0.327 | 0.158 | 0.459 | 0.832 | 0.078 | 0.534 |
SO, soya bean oil; SFO, sunflower oil; FLO, flax seed oil; FO, fish oil; CO, canola oil; SO + FO, soybean oil + fish oil; DHA, algal biomass; EO, echium oil.
Differences between the treatment groups are statistically different at P ≤ 0.05, n = 10.