Oloyo, R. A. and Ogunmodede, B. K. (1998) Effect of dietary palm kernel oil supplementation on biotin requirement of broilers. Bang. J. An. Sc., 27 (1). pp. 21-30. ISSN 0003-3588
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An experiment was conducted to study the effect of feeding supplemental palm kernel-oil on the biotin requirement of broilers. A total of 480 day-old broilers were fed varying levels of palm kernel oil(O% and 2%) and biotin (40, 80, 120, 160, 200 and 240 µg/kg diet) in a 2 x 6 factorial arrangement of treatments. The results showed that 2% supplemental palm kernel oil affected the minimum biotin requirement and the appearance of biotin deficiency symptoms. Incidence of dermatitis, mortality (due to fatty liver and kidney syndrome) and leg deformities were lower in the presence of the oil supplement. A lower amount of biotin (120 µg/kg diet) was required in the presence of supplemental palm kernel oil as compared with that needed (160 µg/kg diet) to prevent biotin deficiency symptoms in chicks fed diets without supplemental oil. Feed utilization data indicated that 120 µg biotin/kg diet was required to promote better feed intake and body weight gain whether or not supplemental palm kernel oil was fed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Dr J. Soyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 31 May 2020 06:09 |
| Last Modified: | 31 May 2020 06:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/279 |
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