[The effect of palm oil and safflower oil in the feed of parent fattening hens on fertility, hatchability and growth of progeny].
The aim of two experiments with broiler breeder hens was to evaluate the effect of diets containing palm butter or safflower oil (25 g and 50 g/kg feed, resp.) on fertility, hatchability and growth of progeny. Especially the incorporation of oleic and linoleic acid in egg yolk reflected the dietary fatty acid source. Eggs were collected and stored in the incubator at a hen age of 31, 40, 50, and 60 weeks. Hatched chicks were reared over 5 weeks. The number of fertile eggs (Experiment 1 and 2, 75 and 88%, resp.) differed between the experiments (P < or = 0.05). Neither embryonic mortality nor hatchability (Experiment 1 and 2, 76 and 78%, resp.) were significantly affected by fatty acid composition of yolk. No clear maternal dietary effect was recorded on chicken weight at hatching (Experiment 1 and 2, 43.3 g and 43.7 g, resp.) and at 35 days of age (Experimental 1 and 2, 1676 g and 1764 g, resp.) The fatty acid composition in the analysed egg yolk sac of chicks showed a different fatty level but corresponded to fatty acid composition of breeding eggs before incubation. According to a decreased level of docosahexaenoic acid in egg yolk due to increased incorporation of linoleic acid, the content of this fatty acid was also diminished in phospholipids of the brain of chicken on days 1 and 5 after hatching.
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Institut für Tierernährung, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft (FAL), Nauendorf/Merbitz, Germany.
D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002642:Chick Embryo / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D002645:Chickens / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary*; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004281:Docosahexaenoic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D004530:Egg Yolk / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000187:drug effects; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D000073878:Palm Oil; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012450:Safflower Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015017:Yolk Sac / Q000737:chemistry
D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D010743:Phospholipids; D010938:Plant Oils; D004281:Docosahexaenoic Acids; D019301:Oleic Acid; D000073878:Palm Oil; D012450:Safflower Oil; D019787:Linoleic Acid