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International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 3(3): 205-211, 2011 ISSN: 2041-2908 © Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2011 Received: March 07, 2011 Accepted: April 20, 2011

Published: June 10, 2011

Effects of Feeding Different Levels of Corn Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles on Growth Performance, Carcass Yield and Meat Fatty Acid Composition in Broiler Chickens 1

S.C. Tang, 1,2I. Zulkifli, 3M. Ebrahimi, 1A.R. Alimon, 1A.F. Soleimani and 4K. Filer 1 Department of Animal Science, 2 Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 3 Department of Veterinary Pre-Clinical Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 4 Alltech Asia-Pacific Biosciences Centre, 113 Thailand Science Park, 2nd Floor, Room No. 206208, Phahonyothin Road,Khlong Neung, Khlong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand Abstract: A randomized complete design with 6 replicates of 10 birds per treatment (n = 60) was utilized to evaluate the effects of feeding corn dried distillers grains with solubles (CDGS) on growth performance, carcass yield and breast muscle fatty acid composition of chickens. A total of 300 male broilers (Cobb 500) were fed with different levels of CDGS (0% - control, 5, 10, 15 and 20%) in starter (age 0 to 21 day) and grower (age 21 to 42 day) diets, and weight gains and feed intakes were recorded. All diets were formulated isocaloric and isonitrogenous which met or exceeded the NRC requirements. At the end of the experiment (42 day) eight birds from each treatment were slaughtered to measure the dressing percentage, carcass parts yield and fatty acid profile of breast meat (from the left carcass side). Birds fed 5% CDGS had better (p0.05) from control. There were no differences (p>0.05) in overall weight gain, feed intake, dressing percentages and carcass parts yields (% of carcass weight) among treatments. There were greater (p