. 2021 Apr 6;11(4):1035. doi: 10.3390/ani11041035

Table 7.

Feed apparent metabolizable energy values and apparent fatty-acid digestibility coefficients along the intestinal tract and excreta according to different fat sources in the diet in 11-d-old broiler chickens.

Item	Dietary Treatments ¹					SEM ⁴	p-Value
Item	S6	S4-PA2	S2-PA4	PA6	P6	SEM ⁴	p-Value
AME, kcal/kg ²	3348 ^a	3340 ^a	3074 ^b	2760 ^c	3014 ^b	26.08	<0.001
Upper Jejunum ³
TFA	0.61 ^a	0.61 ^a	0.29 ^b	0.05^b	0.20 ^b	0.071	<0.001
SFA	0.20 ^ab	0.36 ^a	0.19 ^ab	-0.01^b	0.19 ^ab	0.076	0.044
MUFA	0.51 ^a	0.51 ^a	0.35 ^ab	0.16 ^b	0.31 ^ab	0.059	<0.001
PUFA	0.78^a	0.71 ^a	0.34 ^b	0.02 ^b	0.04 ^b	0.078	<0.001
Lower Jejunum ³
TFA	0.72 ^a	0.67 ^a	0.51 ^b	0.30 ^c	0.48 ^b	0.020	<0.001
SFA	0.60 ^a	0.47 ^b	0.32 ^c	0.12 ^d	0.37 ^c	0.026	<0.001
MUFA	0.69 ^a	0.67 ^ab	0.58 ^b	0.44 ^c	0.58 ^b	0.025	<0.001
PUFA	0.77 ^ab	0.78 ^a	0.67 ^b	0.48 ^c	0.56 ^c	0.026	<0.001
Upper Ileum ³
TFA	0.74 ^a	0.68 ^a	0.53 ^b	0.35 ^c	0.51 ^b	0.027	<0.001
SFA	0.65 ^a	0.49 ^b	0.32 ^c	0.12 ^d	0.36 ^bc	0.033	<0.001
MUFA	0.73 ^a	0.69 ^a	0.61 ^ab	0.52 ^b	0.62 ^ab	0.031	<0.001
PUFA	0.78 ^a	0.78 ^a	0.69 ^ab	0.59 ^b	0.63 ^b	0.028	<0.001
Lower Ileum ³
TFA	0.79 ^a	0.73 ^a	0.65 ^b	0.41 ^c	0.62 ^b	0.020	<0.001
SFA	0.69 ^a	0.55 ^b	0.47 ^b	0.18 ^c	0.49 ^b	0.022	<0.001
MUFA	0.76 ^a	0.74 ^a	0.71 ^a	0.56 ^b	0.74 ^a	0.025	<0.001
PUFA	0.83 ^a	0.83 ^a	0.79 ^a	0.68 ^b	0.75 ^ab	0.028	0.002
Excreta ³
TFA	0.80 ^a	0.73 ^ab	0.63 ^bc	0.47 ^d	0.60 ^c	0.023	<0.001
SFA	0.64 ^a	0.53 ^b	0.43 ^bc	0.23 ^d	0.39 ^c	0.025	<0.001
MUFA	0.79 ^a	0.77 ^ab	0.74 ^ab	0.68 ^b	0.73 ^ab	0.021	0.018
PUFA	0.85 ^a	0.81 ^a	0.75 ^ab	0.67 ^b	0.80 ^a	0.031	0.004

Abbreviations: AME, apparent metabolizable energy; TFA, total fatty acids; SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids. ¹ Values are pooled means of 6 replicates from chickens fed 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. ³ Values are pooled means of 6 replicates with 12 chickens/replicate. ⁴ SEM = standard error of the mean. a–d: means in a row not sharing a common letter are significantly different (p < 0.05).