Effect of Palm Oil, Linseed Oil and Vitamin E on some Production Parameters of Broilers

Abstract

This study was conducted in the poultry field of the Livestock Research Station in Mosul of the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture during the period 27/12/2021 to 8/2/2022 for the purpose of studying the effect of adding some plants oils and vitamin E on some productive traits of broiler chickens. where (480) one-day-old Roos-308 broiler chicks were used, they were distributed randomly by six experimental treatments for each treatment of 80 birds, and each treatment included four replications, and each repetition had 20 birds. the treatments were as follows: T1 (standard ration without addition) T2 (palm oil addition 2%) T3 (flax oil addition 2%) T4 (vitamin E supplementation 300 mg/kg feed) T5 (palm oil addition 2% and vitamin E 300 mg/kg feed) T6 (add flax oil 2% and vitamin E 300 mg/kg feed). we obtained significant differences (P≤0.05) in weight, weight gain, production index, feed consumption rate, feed conversion coefficient, and a decrease in mortality, as it was found that there was a significant improvement in the breast weight criterion.