Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 1 Composition ¹ of the experimental diet (g/100 g of diet)

From: Poultry fat decreased fatty acid transporter protein mRNA expression and affected fatty acid composition in chickens

Ingredients	Starter (0-3 wk)		Grower (4-6 wk)
Ingredients	Poultry fat	Soybean oil	Poultry fat	Soybean oil
Corn	54.75	55.12	59.10	59.50
Soybean meal	38.17	38.10	33.50	33.40
Limestone	1.20	1.20	1.20	1.20
Dicalcium phosphate	1.90	1.90	1.60	1.60
Salt	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35
Soybean oil	0.00	2.70	0.00	3.50
Poultry fat	3.00	0.00	3.80	0.00
98% DL-methionine	0.18	0.18	0.11	0.11
4% flavomycin	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.02
33% ethoxyquin	0.03	0.03	0.00	0.00
Trace mineral premix³	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Vitamin Premix⁴	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
50% choline chloride	0.16	0.16	0.10	0.10
Calculated analysis⁵
AME, kcal/kg	2,910	2,910	3,000	3,000
Crude protein,%	20.68	20.68	19.00	19.00
Lysine,%	1.12	1.12	1.00	1.00
Methionine + cysteine,%	0.83	0.83	0.71	0.71
Calcium,%	0.98	0.98	0.90	0.90
Available phosphorus,%	0.45	0.45	0.40	0.40
Determined analysis
C14:0, mg/g	0.13	0.04	0.19	0.05
C14:1, mg/g	0.02	−²	0.05	-
C16:0, mg/g	10.14	6.35	12.83	7.33
C16:1, mg/g	1.47	0.10	1.98	0.16
C18:0, mg/g	2.12	1.58	2.81	1.91
C18:1, mg/g	16.13	10.22	19.88	12.48
C18:2, mg/g	18.88	23.87	20.67	28.67
C18:3, mg/g	1.07	2.12	1.12	2.60
C20:0, mg/g	0.13	0.20	0.17	0.23
C20:1, mg/g	0.19	0.15	0.25	0.19
C20:2, mg/g	0.05	0.02	0.06	0.02
C20:3, mg/g	0.04	-	0.05	-
C22:0, mg/g	0.17	0.53	0.17	0.32
C22:1, mg/g	0.06	0.14	0.11	0.17
C24:0, mg/g	0.03	1.61	0.10	2.45
SFA, mg/g	12.72	10.31	16.27	11.06
MUFA, mg/g	17.87	10.61	22.27	13.00
PUFA, mg/g	20.04	26.03	21.90	31.29
Total FA, mg/g	50.63	46.95	60.44	55.35
SFA, %	25.12	21.96	26.92	19.98
MUFA, %	35.30	22.60	36.85	23.49
PUFA, %	39.58	55.44	36.23	56.53
MUFA/SFA	1.41	1.03	1.37	1.18
PUFA/SFA	1.58	2.52	1.35	2.83

¹Data are expressed on an as-fed basis.
²Undetermined.
³Trace mineral premix provided per kilogram of diet: Fe, 80 mg (as FeSO₄·H₂O); Cu, 8 mg (as CuSO₄·5H₂O); Zn, 100 mg (as ZnSO₄·H₂O); Mn, 100 mg (as MnSO₄·H₂O); Se, 0.3 mg (as Na₂SeO₃); I, 0.50 mg (as Ca(IO₃)₂.
⁴Vitamin premix provided per kilogram of diet: Vitamin A (as retinyl acetate), 12,500 IU; cholecalciferol, 2,500 IU; vitamin E (as dl-α-tocopherol acetate), 18 IU; menadione, 3 mg; thiamine, 2.5 mg; riboflavin, 6.6 mg; pyridoxine, 4.9 mg; pantothenic acid, 14.7 mg; niacin, 36.8 mg; folic acid, 1.2 mg; biotin, 0.013 mg; cobalamine, 0.025 mg.
⁵Calculated value.

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