Table 4.
Effect of replacing soybean oil with poultry fat on nutrient digestibility of broilers.
| Item | Experimental Diets 1 | SEM 2 | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | PF25 | PF50 | PF100 | |||
| Dry matter, % | 71.14 b | 72.57 ab | 74.27 a | 74.80 a | 0.491 | 0.022 |
| Nitrogen, % | 69.21 | 69.93 | 70.11 | 70.32 | 0.264 | 0.506 |
| Fat, % | 77.89 | 79.93 | 80.65 | 80.73 | 0.392 | 0.053 |
1 PF25, 25% of soybean oil replaced by PF; PF50, 50% of soybean oil replaced by PF; PF100, full replacement of soybean oil by PF. 2 SEM, standard error of means. a,b Means within the same row with different superscripts differ.