Research Article

A Note on Fatty Acids Profile of Meat from Broiler Chickens Supplemented with Inorganic or Organic Selenium

Table 1

Chemical composition of experimental diets.

Items (%)Experimental diets
ControlSe-Met (0.30 ppm Se)Se-Na (0.30 ppm Se)

Ground corn60.060.060.0
Soybean meal32.532.532.5
Meat and bone meal4.204.204.20
Calcium carbonate1.001.001.00
Dicalcium phosphate0.800.800.80
Sunflower oil0.500.500.50
Salt0.300.300.30
Lysine0.250.250.25
Dl-Methionine0.100.100.10
0.250.250.25

Chemical composition
Crude protein, (%)20.020.020.0
ME, (MJ/kg)293129312931
Crude fiber, (%)3.703.703.70
Ca, (%)1.201.201.20
P, (%)0.420.420.42
Se, (ppm)0.010.290.30

and vitamin premix. Provided (per 1 kilogram): 8.000.000 IU of vitamin A, 1.300.000 IU of vitamin D3, 16.000 IU of vitamin E, 5 g of vitamin K, 3.5 g of vitamin B2, 6.5 g of calcium D-pantothenate, 20 g of niacin, 0.3 g of folic acid, 8.5 mg of vitamin B12, 350 g of choline chloride, 0.3 g of vitamin B1, 0.6 g of vitamin B6, 60 g of Mn, 25 g of Zn, 16 g of Fe, 1 g of Cu, 1 g of I, and 60 mg of Co. ME: metabolizable energy. Analyzed values.