title: Muscle fatty acid composition and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances of broilers fed different cultivars of sorghum.
abstract: Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the production parameters, muscle fatty acid composition, and lipid stability of birds fed four different cultivars of sorghum. Experiment 1 used ruby red and valpo red, and Experiment 2 used kinsman and mason cultivars of sorghum. The basal diet was a corn, soy, and flax meal, and sorghum cultivars were substituted at 10 or 5% in Experiments 1 and 2. No significant difference was observed for BW, feed consumption or feed efficiency (P > 0.05). The total lipids were reduced (P < 0.05) in the leg muscle of broilers fed the mason cultivar. The TBA-reactive substances (TBARS) were lower (P < 0.05) in the leg muscle of birds fed the mason cultivar when compared to kinsman or control diet. The content of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids were higher (P < 0.05) in the breast and leg muscles of birds fed ruby red, kinsman, and mason cultivars of sorghum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-6702, USA. gita.cherian@orst.edu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cherian
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Selvaraj
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Goeger
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Stitt
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry*; D006109:Poaceae; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances