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Effects of different oil sources on
serum lipid profile,
immune response, and histology of liver, spleen and
bursa of fabricius in broiler
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Ali Asghar Sadeghi*, Aida Safaei and Mohamad Chamani |
Department of Animal Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic
Azad
University, Tehran, Iran
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Abstract |
An experiment was conducted to study the effects of different oil
sources on performance, serum lipoproteins, antibody titre, histology
and fat accumulation in broiler chicks. In a completely randomized
design, 320 one-day-old broiler chickens (Ross 308) were randomly
allocated to four dietary treatments
viz., 1) diet without oil as
control, 2) diet with fish oil, 3) diet with soybean oil and 4) diet
with olive oil at the rate of 2.15% in the starter and 3% in the grower
and finisher diet. The results showed that the broilers fed diet
containing soybean oil had better feed conversion ratio (FCR) in grower
and finisher period (P<0.05). At day 42 of age, antibody titre against
Newcastle
in chicks fed a diet containing fish oil was higher than the other
groups without affecting immunity against sheep red blood cells (SRBC).
Effects of different sources of oil on histological studies of liver
showed lower lipid deposition in birds fed fish oil in comparison with
other treatments. The lymphocytes proliferation in Bursa of Fabricius
was more with central nucleus than the other treatments. These results
suggested that addition of fish oil to the poultry diet resulted in
improved immune response while soybean oil enhanced the performance.
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Keywords:
Oil sources; antibody titre; lipid profile; broiler chickens |
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To cite this article:
Sadeghi AA, A Safaei and M Chamani,
2014.
Effects of different oil sources on serum lipid profile, immune
response, and histology of liver, spleen and bursa of fabricius in
broiler.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 4(12): 669-675. |
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