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Dietary n-3 and n-6 fatty acids alter avian metabolism: metabolism and abdominal fat deposition

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posted on 2024-11-14, 22:27 authored by Ronald Newman, Wayne Bryden, Eva Fleck, John R Ashes, William ButtemerWilliam Buttemer, Leonard Storlien, Jeffery Downing
The effects of dietary saturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) of the n-3 and n-6 series on weight gain, body composition and substrate oxidation were investigated in broiler chickens. At 3 weeks of age three groups of chickens (n 30; ten birds per group) were fed the fat-enriched experimental diets for 5 weeks. These diets were isonitrogenous, isoenergetic and contained 208 g protein/kg and 80 g edible tallow, fish oil or sunflower oil/kg; the dietary fatty acid profiles were thus dominated by saturated fatty acids, n-3 PUFA or n-6 PUFA respectively. Resting RQ was measured in five birds from each treatment group during weeks 4 and 5 of the experiment. There were no significant differences between treatments in total feed intake or final body mass. Birds fed the PUFA diets had lower RQ and significantly reduced abdominal fat pad weights (P<0·01) compared with those fed tallow. The dietary lipid profile changes resulted in significantly greater partitioning of energy into lean tissue than into fat tissue (calculated as breast lean tissue weight:abdominal fat mass) in the PUFA groups compared with the saturated fat group (P<0·01; with no difference between the n-3 and n-6 PUFA groups). In addition, the PUFA-rich diets lowered plasma concentrations of serum triacylglycerols and cholesterol. The findings indicate that dietary fatty acid profile influences nutrient partitioning in broiler chickens.

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Newman, R. E., Bryden, W. L., Fleck, E., Ashes, J. R., Buttemer, W. A., Storlien, L. H. & Downing, J. A. (2002). Dietary n-3 and n-6 fatty acids alter avian metabolism: metabolism and abdominal fat deposition. British Journal of Nutrition: An International Journal of Nutritional Science, 88 (1), 11-18.

Journal title

British Journal of Nutrition

Volume

88

Issue

1

Pagination

11-18

Language

English

RIS ID

8621

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