Effect of maternal dietary fats on growth rate and bone development of commercial broilers

dc.contributor.authorMarks, Erin Lowryen
dc.contributor.departmentAnimal and Poultry Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:48:39Zen
dc.date.adate2008-11-01en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:48:39Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.date.rdate2008-11-01en
dc.date.sdate2008-11-01en
dc.description.abstractThe effect of maternal dietary fats on growth rate and bone development of commercial broilers was examined. Addition of fats [soybean oil (SBO), menhaden oil (MO) and chicken fat (CF)] to the maternal diet altered the tissue and yolk composition of the hens to reflect the dietary fat source. Day-old chick tissues from hens fed MO diet exhibited greater (P ≤0.01) amounts of EPA (20:5n3), DPA (22:5n3), DHA (22:6n3) and total ω-3 fatty acids, and significantly (P ≤0.01) less 20:4n6 than those from hens fed SBO and CF diets. Tissues of day-old chicks from SBO fed hens had larger amounts of 18:2n6, 18:3n3 and total w-6 fatty acids compared to those from CF and MO maternal diets (P ≤ 0.01). These differences disappeared at 4 (WOA) weeks of age. Male and female chicks from the MO maternal diet were lighter (P ≤0.01) during the grow out period than those from CF and SBO diets. Chick tibiae width and diameter from the SBO maternal diet tended to be larger than the MO maternal diet, with significance being noted at d 14 (P ≤ 0.01) and 28 (P ≤ 0.01). Increases (P ≤ 0.01) were observed in shear force and stress required to break chick tibiae from the SBO maternal diet compared to those from the CF and MO maternal diets. The SBO maternal diet stimulates growth rate and bone development and strength of the progeny.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentix, 115 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11012008-063212en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11012008-063212/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45390en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1996.M375.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 35358807en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectmaternal fatty acidsen
dc.subjectbone developmenten
dc.subjectbone breaking strengthen
dc.subjectgrowth rateen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1996.M375en
dc.titleEffect of maternal dietary fats on growth rate and bone development of commercial broilersen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineAnimal and Poultry Sciencesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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