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

Table 8.

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 35-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	3364 ^a	3379 ^a	3212 ^bc	3121 ^c	3279 ^ab	32.48	<0.001
Upper Jejunum ³
TFA	0.48 ^ab	0.53 ^a	0.32 ^ab	0.29 ^b	0.51 ^a	0.052	0.005
SFA	0.21 ^b	0.46 ^ab	0.26 ^ab	0.25 ^ab	0.48 ^a	0.062	0.009
MUFA	0.60 ^ab	0.66 ^ab	0.52 ^ab	0.50 ^b	0.67 ^a	0.042	0.015
PUFA	0.51^a	0.49^a	0.20^bc	0.06^c	0.34^ab	0.063	<0.001
Lower Jejunum ³
TFA	0.81 ^a	0.78 ^a	0.65 ^b	0.62 ^b	0.69 ^b	0.021	<0.001
SFA	0.73 ^ab	0.76 ^a	0.59 ^c	0.55 ^c	0.64 ^bc	0.031	<0.001
MUFA	0.85 ^a	0.84 ^a	0.76 ^b	0.77 ^b	0.83 ^a	0.016	<0.001
PUFA	0.81 ^a	0.76 ^a	0.62 ^b	0.54 ^b	0.56 ^b	0.031	<0.001
Upper Ileum ³
TFA	0.89 ^a	0.89 ^a	0.77 ^bc	0.72 ^c	0.82 ^b	0.015	<0.001
SFA	0.85 ^a	0.86 ^a	0.67 ^bc	0.61 ^c	0.77 ^ab	0.030	<0.001
MUFA	0.91 ^a	0.91 ^a	0.85 ^b	0.84 ^b	0.91 ^a	0.008	<0.001
PUFA	0.90 ^a	0.90 ^a	0.82 ^b	0.77 ^c	0.78 ^c	0.008	<0.001
Lower Ileum ³
TFA	0.92 ^a	0.92 ^a	0.82 ^b	0.76 ^c	0.84 ^b	0.010	<0.001
SFA	0.90 ^a	0.90 ^a	0.71 ^c	0.64 ^d	0.78 ^b	0.017	<0.001
MUFA	0.93 ^a	0.93 ^a	0.88 ^b	0.88 ^b	0.93 ^a	0.006	<0.001
PUFA	0.93 ^a	0.93 ^a	0.87 ^b	0.85 ^b	0.83 ^b	0.013	<0.001
Excreta ³
TFA	0.93 ^a	0.92 ^a	0.84 ^b	0.72 ^c	0.84 ^b	0.009	<0.001
SFA	0.87 ^a	0.87 ^a	0.76 ^b	0.59 ^c	0.77 ^b	0.016	<0.001
MUFA	0.93 ^a	0.93 ^a	0.89 ^b	0.85 ^c	0.92 ^a	0.005	<0.001
PUFA	0.94 ^a	0.94 ^a	0.90 ^b	0.82 ^c	0.84 ^c	0.009	<0.001

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 4 chickens/replicate. ³ Values are pooled means of 6 replicates with 2 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).