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Table 1 Chicken feed composition,% of ingredients

From: Increased EPA levels in serum phospholipids of humans after four weeks daily ingestion of one portion chicken fed linseed and rapeseed oil

 

SO

RLO

Wheat

45

45

Maize gluten

10

10

Soybean meal

17

17

Oat

15

15

Rendered fat

4

4

Soybean oil

4

0

Rape seed oil

0

2

Linseed oil

0

2

Choline cholride

0.13

0.13

Mono calcium phosphate

1.4

1.4

Ground limestone

1.3

1.3

Sodium chloride

0.25

0.25

Sodium bicarbonate

0.2

0.2

Mikromin Fjørfe FK50

0.15

0.15

Mikromin Selen 300FK

0.1

0.1

Vitamin A

0.03

0.03

Vitamin E

0.06

0.06

Vitamin ADBK

0.09

0.09

Vitamin D3

0.08

0.08

L-lysine

0.4

0.4

DL-methionine

0.2

0.2

L-threonine

0.2

0.2

  1. The two diets were identical except the content of 4% soybean oil (SO) or 2% rapeseed oil plus 2% linseed oil (RLO).
  2. Composition of Mikromin Fjørfe FK 50 is: 35 g Fe/kg, 10 g Cu/kg, 85 g Mn/kg, 55 g Zn/kg and 0.7 I /kg. Mikromin Selen 300 FK is: 0.3 g Se/kg. Both mixtures are from Normin AS, Hønefoss, Norway.