Tilapia Viscera Chicks

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MATERIAL AND METHODS The experiment was conducted in State University of Vale do Acaraú, Brazil. A total of 225 male Ross 308 chicks at 22 days of age were distributed in a randomized block design with a 2 × 2 + 1 factorial arrangement (inclusion of 10% and 15% cottonseed meal × 2 lipid sources: soybean oil and tilapia viscera oil) + a control diet, totaling five treatments and five replications per treatment, with nine birds per replication. Nutritional composition of CSM was: DM 88.5%, AME 1.573 Kcal, DF 25,16%, EE 8,8% and CP 26,49%. The fatty acid profile of TVO was: saturated 34.36%, palmitic acid 28.6%, stearic 5.76%, oleic (n-9) 37.2%, linoleic (n-6) 12.2%, linolenic (n-3) 1.79%. The AME of TVO was 8.685 and 8.684 kcal/kg AMEn. The birds used in the experiment were raised receiving the same treatment up to 21 days of age, with a diet formulated to meet the nutritional requirements according to Rostagno et al. (2011). At 22 days of age, chickens were weighed individually and divided into groups according to weight, so that each plot in the block was formed with the same number of birds of each weight range. Two blocks were used, considering the …show more content…

The following carcass characteristics were also evaluated: weight and yield of carcass, prime cuts (breasts, drumstick, and thigh), edible offal (heart, liver, and gizzard), and abdominal fat at 42 days of

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