The objective of this study was to determine the effect of dietary oils on the levels of the γ-linolenic acid in chicken meat lipids. Three hundred ten five, 1-d old, male, Ross strain, broiler chicks were fed for 35 d to compare diets containing evening primrose oil(EPO) and hemp seed oil(HO) to a control diet. Fatty acid composition of lipid from chicken skin, thigh and breast muscle were determined at the end of the trial. The level of γ-linolenic acid of lipids from chicken meat fed diets containing EPO or HO was significantly higher than that of the control group(p<0.05). The level of γ-linolenic acid of lipids from chicken skin was highest in the group, which had been fed the EPO 0.85%, followed in order by EPO 0.7%, 0.5%, EPO mixed oil, HO and HO mixed oil. There was a significant difference in the level of γ-linolenic acid of chicken skin between the control and treatment groups(p<0.05). The level of γ-linolenic acid of lipids from chicken thigh muscle was also similar to skin, and significantly higher than that of the control group(p<0.05). The level of γ-linolenic acid of lipids from chicken breast muscle was highest in the group, which had been fed the EPO 0.5%, followed in order by EPO 0.7%, 0.85%, HO 0.5% and HO mixed oil. There was a significant difference in the level of γ-linolenic acid of chicken breast muscle between the control and treatment groups(p<0.05).

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary Yanggu original white kaolin supplementation on the growth performances, nutrients utilizability and meat composition of broiler. A total of 260 broiler chicks was alloted to 5 treatments with 4 replications and 13 chicks per replication. In addition to control group that fed diet without any kaolin supplementation, the treatments are designated by dietary supplementation as follows; white kaolin 400 mesh 1%(T1), white kaolin 10,000 mesh 1%(T2), white kaolin 400 mesh 0.8% + probiotics 0.2%(T3) and kaolin rizen(T4). The specific volume of 10,000 mesh white kaolin was higher than that of 400 mesh white kaolin (p<0.05) with no difference in pH between two different size white kaolins. Pellet durability of kaolins supplemented diet was improved, regardless of fat addition, compared to that of no kaolin supplemented diet. Both weight gain and feed intake of broilers in all the kaolin supplemented treatments were higher than that of control during d 0~21 period (p<0.05) but with no differences during d 22~40, On the other hand, kaolin supplementation into the control diet did not affect F/G of young broiler during d 1~21. Overall F/G of broiler was decreased by kaolin supplementation. Although there was no difference on ether extract, crude ash, total CHO and dry matter utilizabilities among all treatments, both crude protein and energy utilizabilities were improved by kaolin supplementation. Crude protein content of both broiler thigh and breast was the lowest in the kaolin and probiotics combined supplemented group(T3). In conclusion, the supplementation of physico-chemically treated white kaolin does affect growth performances, nutrients utilizability and meat composition of broilers. Therefore, the kaolin can be considered as a beneficial feed additive to improve broiler productivity.

We investigated the effect of different kinds of dietary added fat on the fatty acid composition, cholesterol content and quality of hens‘ eggs. The Haugh units, breaking strength, shell thickness and yolk color were not significant difference among the groups. Dietary fat notably altered the polyunsaturated fatty acid composition and cholesterol content in the egg yolk. The n-6 fatty acid of egg yolk was highest in the corn oil fed group with 31.61%, and this tended to decrease in the order of the tallow, linseed oil and fish oil fed groups(p<0.05). The n-3 fatty acid of egg yolk tended to increase in the linseed oil and fish oil fed groups as 9.74% and 5.16%, respectively(p<0.05). Theses alterations in the yolk fatty acid composition resulted in a reduced cholesterol content of the eggs. The ranges of cholesterol content showed values of 15.98-18.37 mg/g of yolk or 227-261 mg/60g of egg, respectively(p<0.05). The cholesterol content of egg yolk was highest in the tallow fed group, and this tended to be reduced in the order of the fish oil, linseed oil and corn oil fed groups(p<0.05). The reduction of the egg yolk cholesterol content in the other groups compared to the tallow group was significantly different, i.e., 13.01% in the fish oil group, 11.49% in the linseed oil group and 6.91% in the corn oil group, respectively(p<0.05). This result suggests that it is possible to reduce the cholesterol content or to increase the n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in eggs by manipulation of the dietary added fats.