The effects of selenium (Se) in diets on fatty acid composition, lipid indices, and
enzyme indexes for desaturase, elongase, and thioesterase in Pectoralis muscle of broiler
chicken were investigated. A total of 360 one-day-old chicks (Arbor Acres) were randomly
assigned to 2 treatments with 6 replicates, giving 30 birds per replicate. The birds were fed ad
libitum in 3 feed phases of giving 2 dietary treatments comprised 0.3 ppm of inorganic Se from
sodium selenite (Na-Se) and 0.3 ppm of organic Se from Zn-L-selenomethionine (Zn-L-SeMet).
At 39 days of age, one bird from each treatment was randomly selected and slaughtered.
Pectoralis muscles were collected and stored at -40 °C before fatty acid composition analysis.
There were not significantly different between organic and inorganic selenium treatment on
fatty acid composition, lipid indices, and enzyme indexes (P>0.05). However, the results
demonstrated that Zn-L-SeMet had slightly lower I/A (6.7%) while had higher h/H (4.4%) and
MUFA (8%) than Na-Se.
Keywords
Forms of Selenium, Fatty Acid Composition, Broiler Chicken
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