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Unpublished Paper
The Effects of Dietary Omega 3 Fatty Acids on Commercial Broiler Lameness and Bone Integrity from Hatching to Market
Animal Industry Report
  • Bruno Evangelista, Iowa State University
  • Alexandra Kastli, Iowa State University
  • Zoe Kiefer, Iowa State University
  • Amelia Rangel, Iowa State University
  • Isa Ehr, Iowa State University
  • Samaneh Azarpajouh, Iowa State University
  • Cheryl Morris, Iowa State University
  • Elizabeth Bobeck, Iowa State University
  • Anna Johnson, Iowa State University
  • Nicholas Gabler, Iowa State University
  • Kenneth Stalder, Iowa State University
  • Brian Kerr, Iowa State University
Extension Number
ASL R3169
Publication Date
2017
Topic
Poultry
Summary and Implications

The objective of this experiment was to investigate how different dietary ω-3 sources affect lameness and bone integrity of commercial broiler chickens from hatching to finishing.One hundred and twenty male Ross308broiler chicks were assigned to three dietary treatments; control, flaxseed oil and fish oil for 4 consecutive weeks. From week 1 to 4, broilers were visually assigned a lameness score (2 non-lame to 5 non-ambulatory) anda bone integrity score (score 2 normal bones to 5 bird was non-ambulatory and was removed from the trial).There were no observed differences for the dietary treatmentand week interaction for lameness or bone integrity (P= 1.00). There wasno observed lameness or bone integrity differences (P≥0.93) between dietary treatments. There were no observed differences for lameness (P= 0.92) and bone integrity differences(P= 1.00) over the four consecutive weeks. In conclusion, regardless of dietary treatment, birds in this study were not lame and had normal bone integrity.

Copyright Holder
Iowa State University
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-292
Language
en
Citation Information
Bruno Evangelista, Alexandra Kastli, Zoe Kiefer, Amelia Rangel, et al.. "The Effects of Dietary Omega 3 Fatty Acids on Commercial Broiler Lameness and Bone Integrity from Hatching to Market" (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kenneth_stalder/160/