Effect of Supplementation Vitamin E and Selenium to Diet Contains Fats in Productive and Carcass Performance of Broiler

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1 department of animal production, college of agriculture University of Tal-Afar

2 department of animal production, college of agriculture & forestry, University of Mosul

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This experiment was conducted at the University of Mosul/College of Agriculture and Forestry in the poultry fields affiliated with the Department of Animal Production. The study period extended 42 days from 11/5/2022 until 12/17/2022. Its aim was to demonstrate the effect of Supplement vitamin E and selenium to a diet containing fats on the productive and carcass performance of broilers. This study used 240 one-day-old, unsexed broiler chicks of the Rose 308 type. The experimental treatments were as follows: The first treatment (control T1) was fed with a standard diet without fat, without oil, and devoid of vitamin E And selenium) as for the second treatment (adding 4% sunflower oil + 250 mg vitamin E/kg feed + 0.4 mg selenium/kg feed) and the third treatment (adding 4% beef tallow + 250 mg vitamin E/kg feed + 0.4 mg selenium/kg feed) either The fourth treatment (a mixture of 2% oil and 2% tallow + 250 mg vitamin E/kg feed + 0.4 mg selenium/kg feed) showed a significant increase in live body weight, weight gain, quantity of feed consumed, speed of feed passage, and percentage of Abdominal fat and Fabricia, and there were no significant differences in the relative percentage of heart, liver, gizzard, or mortality.

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Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences
Volume 55, Issue 7 - Serial Number 7
Special Issue Dr. Mahmoud F. Nawito (1939-2023)
November and December 2024
Pages 2055-2064

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  • Receive Date: 20 January 2024
  • Revise Date: 11 March 2024
  • Accept Date: 20 March 2024

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