%0 Journal Article %A Pour-Reza, Javad %T Estimation of Abdominal Fat by Plasma Triglycerides and Carcass Dry Matter in Broiler Chicks %J Journal of Water and Soil Science %V 1 %N 1 %U http://jstnar.iut.ac.ir/article-1-273-en.html %R %D 1997 %K Abdominal fat, Carcass dry matter, Plasma triglycerides, Broiler chicks, %X This experiment was carried out to determine the relationship of plasma triglycerides and carcass dry matter with abdominal fat. One of the problems of broiler is carcass fatness, especially abdominal fat due to rapid growth of broilers which is not the consumer preference. Six hundred one-day-old commercial broiler chicks (Lohman) were divided into 40 groups, 15 chicks per group. Each one of the 10 experimental diets, in which barley was substituted for corn at levels of 0, 5, 10, 20 and 40%, was fed to 4 groups of chicks for 56 days. All diets were isoenergetic and isonitrogenous. Rice hulls was used to make diets isoenergetic. At days 42, 49 and 56, one male and one female were selected from each pen and after blood sampling, the birds were killed, eviscerated and percentages of carcass and amount of abdominal fats were measured. Blood samples were used to determine plasma triglycerides, cholesterol and total lipids. The results showed that increasing abdominal fat reduced carcass moisture content. Correlation between abdominal fat and plasma triglycerides was positive and significant (p %> http://jstnar.iut.ac.ir/article-1-273-en.pdf %P 31-41 %& 31 %! %9 Research %L A-10-2-273 %+ %G eng %@ 2476-3594 %[ 1997