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The study investigated the effects of varying dietary calcium (Ca) level and oil sources on the growth performance and carcass quality of broiler chickens. A total of 378, 1-day-old birds (Cobb 500) were fed either 6% palm oil, soybean oil (SO) or linseed oil (LO) in combination with three dietary levels of calcium (1.00%, 1.25% and 1.50%) for 6 weeks. Birds fed SO had higher body weight (BW) compared with those fed LO (p < .05). However, feed efficiency, carcass and bone quality were similar among the oil treatments. Regardless of the oil source, chicken fed diets containing 1.50% of Ca had lower BW compared with those fed 1.00% and 1.25% of Ca. In contrast, birds fed 1.25% of Ca had significantly higher (p < .05) bone quality than those fed 1% of Ca. It can be concluded that increasing the level of calcium up to 1.25% improved bone quality regardless of the type of oil.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences Halal Products Research Institute Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09712119.2016.1206903 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Keywords: | Broiler chicken; Oil; Calcium level; Growth performance; Bone quality |
| Depositing User: | Nabilah Mustapa |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2017 08:17 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2017 08:17 |
| Altmetrics: | http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1080/09712119.2016.1206903 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52393 |
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