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. 2020 Feb 1;33(2):305-312.
doi: 10.5713/ajas.19.0055. Epub 2019 Apr 15.

Effect of including n-3/ n-6 fatty acid feed sources in diet on fertility and hatchability of broiler breeders and post-hatch performance and carcass parameters of progeny

Seyyed Naeim Saber  1 , Hasan Rustu Kutlu  1
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Effect of including n-3/ n-6 fatty acid feed sources in diet on fertility and hatchability of broiler breeders and post-hatch performance and carcass parameters of progeny

Seyyed Naeim Saber et al. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci. .

Abstract

Objective: The present trial was conducted to determine the influence of different dietary fatty acid (omega-3 and omega-6) sources on reproductive performance of female broiler breeders and growth performance and carcass traits of their progeny.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty, 25 weeks old Ross-308 male (20) and female (200) broiler breeders were used in the experiment for the period of 6 weeks. All birds were randomly divided into four dietary treatments (containing 2% soybean oil, 2% sunflower oil, 2% flaxseed oil, and 2% fish oil) each with five replicates of one male and ten females. Throughout this experiment hatching performance of broiler breeders, progeny growth performance and carcass parameters were recorded.

Results: The results showed that the inclusion of different fatty acid sources in female broiler breeders diet had no significant effects (P>0.05) on number of fertile eggs, post-hatch mortality, and fertility rate. The soybean oil supplemented group had significantly (P<0.05) higher late embryonic mortality compared to other three treatments.

Conclusion: It was concluded that inclusion of 2% of different sources of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids (especially 2% Flax seed oil) in broiler breeders' diet can reduced late embryonic mortality. The other reproductive characteristics of parents and growth and carcass characteristics of progeny remained unaltered by dietary sources of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

Keywords: Breeder; Hatchability; Progeny; n-3/ n-6 Fatty Acid.

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