Factors Influencing the Quantity of Abdominal Fat in Broilers

Abstract

Trials were conducted to study the effects of rearing temperature, sex, age or weight, and dietary choline chloride and inositol supplementation on the quantity of abdominal fat in broilers. Within each sex, there was no significant difference in the quantity of abdominal fat at 7, 8 or 9 weeks of age, when expressed as a percentage of body weight. In general, females had a larger percentage of abdominal fat than the males. Also, as the rearing temperature increased the percentage of abdominal fat increased. Dietary choline chloride and inositol supplementation did not significantly affect the percentage of abdominal fat in males or females.