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http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.14.0328

Effects of Dietary Coconut Oil as a Medium-chain Fatty Acid Source on Performance, Carcass Composition and Serum Lipids in Male Broilers  

Wang, Jianhong (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, China Agricultural University)
Wang, Xiaoxiao (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, China Agricultural University)
Li, Juntao (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, China Agricultural University)
Chen, Yiqiang (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, China Agricultural University)
Yang, Wenjun (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, China Agricultural University)
Zhang, Liying (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, China Agricultural University)
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Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / v.28, no.2, 2015 , pp. 223-230 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary coconut oil as a medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA) source on performance, carcass composition and serum lipids in male broilers. A total of 540, one-day-old, male Arbor Acres broilers were randomly allotted to 1 of 5 treatments with each treatment being applied to 6 replicates of 18 chicks. The basal diet (i.e., R0) was based on corn and soybean meal and was supplemented with 1.5% soybean oil during the starter phase (d 0 to 21) and 3.0% soybean oil during the grower phase (d 22 to 42). Four experimental diets were formulated by replacing 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% of the soybean oil with coconut oil (i.e., R25, R50, R75, and R100). Soybean oil and coconut oil were used as sources of long-chain fatty acid and MCFA, respectively. The feeding trial showed that dietary coconut oil had no effect on weight gain, feed intake or feed conversion. On d 42, serum levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol were linearly decreased as the coconut oil level increased (p<0.01). Lipoprotein lipase, hepatic lipase, and total lipase activities were linearly increased as the coconut oil level increased (p<0.01). Abdominal fat weight/eviscerated weight (p = 0.05), intermuscular fat width (p<0.01) and subcutaneous fat thickness (p<0.01) showed a significant quadratic relationship, with the lowest value at R75. These results indicated that replacement of 75% of the soybean oil in diets with coconut oil is the optimum level to reduce fat deposition and favorably affect lipid profiles without impairing performance in broilers.
Keywords
Broiler; Medium-chain Fatty Acid; Growth Performance; Carcass Composition; Serum Lipid;
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