Table 4.

Growth performance and abdominal fat pad deposition of broiler chickens according to different fat sources in diet ¹.

Item	Dietary Treatments 2					SEM 3	p-Value
	S6	S4-PA2	S2-PA4	PA6	P6
From 0 to 22 d
ADFI, g/d/bird	48.7	53.2	50.7	54.0	54.5	2.25	0.335
ADG, g/d/bird	37.2	39.1	38.6	39.7	40.6	1.24	0.373
FCR, g/g	1.31	1.36	1.31	1.36	1.34	0.036	0.733
BW at 22 d, g	856	899	888	913	933	27.1	0.361
From 23 to 35 d
ADFI, g/d/bird	134	141	141	144	143	2.92	0.148
ADG, g/d/bird	87.8	90.2	89.8	90.3	89.9	2.18	0.929
FCR, g/g	1.53	1.57	1.57	1.59	1.60	0.022	0.175
BW at 35 d, g	1997	2072	2055	2086	2101	44.4	0.526
From 0 to 35 d
ADFI, g/d/bird	80.3	85.8	84.3	87.3	87.5	2.01	0.130
ADG, g/d/bird	56.0	58.1	57.6	58.5	58.9	1.27	0.535
FCR, g/g	1.43	1.48	1.46	1.49	1.49	0.017	0.154
Abdominal fat, g	29.62	30.35	29.52	25.66	32.36	1.938	0.136
Abdominal fat, %	1.46	1.47	1.42	1.23	1.53	0.082	0.080

Abbreviations: ADFI, average daily feed intake; ADG, average daily gain; FCR, feed conversion ratio; BW, body weight. ¹ Diets supplemented with 6% of soybean oil (S6), palm fatty acid distillate (PA6), palm oil (P6), or oil blends with 4% soybean oil and 2% palm fatty acid distillate (S4-PA2) or 2% soybean oil and 4% palm fatty acid distillate (S2-PA4). ² Values are pooled means of 6 replicates with 16 chickens/replicate from 0 to 11 d and 4 chickens/replicate from 11 to 35 d. In the case of BW, values are means of 24 chickens each treatment from 22 to 35 d. For abdominal fat, values are means of 2 chickens/replicate: 12 for each treatment at 35 d. ³ SEM, standard error of means of 6 observations per treatment (the experimental unit is the cage).