Changes in the growth, ileal digestibility, intestinal histology, behavior, fatty acid composition of the breast muscles, and blood biochemical parameters of broiler chickens by dietary inclusion of safflower oil and vitamin C

Amer, Shimaa A.; Mohamed, Wafaa A. M.; Gharib, Heba S. A.; Al-Gabri, Naif A.; Gouda, Ahmed; Elabbasy, Mohamed Tharwat; Abd El-Rahman, Ghada I.; Omar, Anaam E.

doi:10.1186/s12917-021-02773-5

Table 1 The effect of inclusion of safflower oil and vitamin C in the broiler chicken diet on the growth performance

From: Changes in the growth, ileal digestibility, intestinal histology, behavior, fatty acid composition of the breast muscles, and blood biochemical parameters of broiler chickens by dietary inclusion of safflower oil and vitamin C

Item	Vitamin C level (mg/kg diet)		Safflower oil level (gm/kg diet)			Vitamin C × Safflower oil						SEM	P-value
Item	0	400	0	5	10	0Vit.C+ 0Saff. Oil	0Vit.C + 5 Saff. Oil	0Vit.C+ 10 Saff. Oil	400Vit.C+ 0Saff. Oil	400Vit.C+ 5 Saff. Oil	400Vit.C+ 10Saff. Oil		Vit. C	Saff. oil	Vit. C x Saff. oil
Int.wt(g)	57.44	58.24	57.45	58.33	58.74	57.56	58.33	58.88	57.78	58.33	58.61	0.19	0.96	0 .07	0.42
Starter period
BW (g)	203.06^b	222.31^a	201.67	219.86	216.52	181.13^b	219.16^a	208.89^a	222.22^a	220.55^a	224.16^a	4.38	0.02	0.20	< 0.01
BWG(g)	145.61^b	164.07^a	144.22	161.52	157.77	122.91^b	160.83^a	150^a	164.44^a	162.22^a	165.55^a	4.35	0.02	0.21	0.008
FI(g)	212.81^b	230.20^a	207.67	228.47	228.38	188.23^b	227.66^a	222.55^a	227.11^a	229.28^a	234.22^a	4.42	.045	0.07	0.007
FCR	1.46	1.40	1.43	1.42	1.45	1.52	1.41	1.48	1.38	1.42	1.41	0.01	.079	0.75	0.29
Grower period
BW(g)	775.92	818.14	757.22^b	820.41^a	813.47^a	718.89^b	807.50^a	801.39^a	795.55^a	833.33^a	825.55^a	11.36	0.06	0.03	0.02
BWG(g)	572.86	595.83	555.54^b	600.55^a	596.94^a	537.75^b	588.33^a	592.5^a	573.33^ab	612.77^a	601.39^ab	7.87	0.15	0.02	0.06
FI(g)	945.38	962.42	870.41^b	976.83^a	1014.45^a	835.33^c	965.35^ab	1035.45^a	905.49^bc	988.31^ab	993.44^ab	19.022	0.66	< 0.01	< 0.01
FCR	1.64	1.61	1.56	1.62	1.70	1.55	1.64	1.74	1.58	1.61	1.66	0.02	0.61	0.11	0.42
Finisher period
BW(g)	1793.38	1900.68	1717.07^b	1903.96^a	1920.06^a	1586.22^b	1904.66^a	1889.26^a	1847.93^a	1903.26^a	1950.86^a	31.06	0.08	< 0.01	0.00
BWG(g)	1017.45	1082.54	959.85^b	1083.54^a	1106.59^a	867.33^b	1097.16^a	1087.87^a	1052.37^a	1069.93^a	1125.31^a	21.70	0.13	< 0.01	0.00
FI(g)	1799.01	1877.50	1747.26	1885.55	1881.94	1691.74	1863.88	1841.38	1802.78	1907.22	1922.5	30.65	0.21	0.10	0.29
FCR	1.78	1.73	1.83	1.74	1.70	1.95	1.69	1.69	1.71	1.78	1.70	0.03	0.50	0.25	0.14
Overall performance
FBW(g)	1793.38	1900.68	1717.07^b	1903.96^a	1920.06^a	1586.22^b	1904.66^a	1889.26^a	1847.93^a	1903.26^a	1950.86^a	31.06	0.08	< 0.01	< 0.01
BWG(g)	1735.12	1842.44	1659.40^b	1861.31^a	1845.63^a	1528.66^b	1846.33^a	1830.38^a	1790.15^a	1844.93^a	1892.25^a	30.96	0.08	< 0.01	< 0.01
FI(g)	2957.20	3070.12	2825.34^b	3090.86^a	3124.78^a	2715.31^b	3056.90^a	3099.39^a	2935.38^a	3124.81^a	3150.17^a	49.30	0.26	0.01	< 0.01
FCR	1.70	1.66	1.70	1.67	1.68	1.77	1.65	1.69	1.63	1.69	1.66	0.02	0.32	0.83	0.53
RGR	187.33^b	188.09^a	186.93^b	188.11^a	188.10^a	185.99^b	188.11^a	187.90^a	187.87^a	188.10^a	188.30^a	0.19	0.05	0.01	< 0.01

^{a, b, c} Means within the same row carrying different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05). BW body weight, BWG body weight gain, FI feed intake, FCR feed conversion ratio, PER protein efficiency ratio, RGR relative growth rate

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