TITLE:
Fatty Acid Deposition on Broiler Meat in Chickens Supplemented with Tuna Oil
AUTHORS:
Jesus Eduardo Morales-Barrera, Mariano Jesus Gonzalez-Alcorta, Rosa Maria Castillo-Dominguez, Omar Francisco Prado-Rebolledo, Xochitl Hernandez-Velasco, Anita Menconi, Guillermo Tellez, Billy Marshal Hargis, Silvia Carrillo-Dominguez
KEYWORDS:
n-3 Fatty Acids; Broilers; Tuna Oil; Breast Meat; Legs and Thighs Meat
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.4 No.9A,
August
21,
2013
ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of feeding four levels of tuna oil on performance and fatty acid (FA) profiles of broiler chicken meat. 240 Ross broiler chickens were randomly assigned to 20 pens and divided into four treatments: 0%, 0.75%, 1%, and 1.25% of tuna oil. At 49 days, breast and legs-thighs muscles were processed for FA analysis. Concentrations of FA in legs and thighs meat were significantly higher when compared with breast meat. In both types of meats (breast and legs-thighs), the inclusion of 1.0% or 1.25% of tuna oil in the diet significantly increased (P