Supranutrition of microalgal docosahexaenoic acid and calcidiol improved growth performance, tissue lipid profiles, and tibia characteristics of broiler chickens

Table 5 Effects of supplementation of calcidiol and DHA-rich microalgal biomass on tibia bone properties of broiler chickens at week 6 in Exp. 1

Item	BD	BD + Cal	BD + DHA	BD + Cal + DHA	SEM	P-value
Extension at maximum load, mm	2.13	2.12	2.06	2.21	0.10	0.79
Energy at maximum load, J	0.47^a	0.56^b	0.44^a	0.49^ab	0.04	0.02
Maximum slope, mm/N	0.09	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.01	0.06
Maximum load, N	500	515	514	520	31.5	0.97
Maximum extension, mm	2.37	2.49	2.44	2.30	0.17	0.14

BD = Corn-soybean basal diet, BD + Cal = BD + 10,000 IU calcidiol/kg of diet, BD + DHA = BD + 1% DHA-rich microalgal biomass, BD + Cal + DHA = BD + Cal + 1% DHA-rich microalgal biomass
^a,bMeans bearing the different superscripts in a row differ (P < 0.05)
Values are expressed as means of 6 birds/treatment and data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA

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