Supplementing safflower oil (Carthamus Tinctori L) and inocytol in feed and its effect

Abstract

Investigating the effect of safflower oil (Carthamus tinctorius L) and inositol on the quality of Sentul chicken eggs. Eight one 16-week female Sentul chickens were distributed to 81 units of battery cage (3 chickens each). Basal diet was composed of corn, rice bran, soybean kernel, fishmeal, palm oil, calcium car-bonate (CaCO3), topmix, lysine and methionine, as well as safflower oil (Car-thamus tincthorius L) and inositol. The research was conducted in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 9 treatments and 3 replicates (3 chickens/unit). The treatments were R0 = Control/basal diet + 0% Safflower and 0% Inositol; R1 = Basal diet + 0.5% Safflower oil; R2 = Basal diet + 1.0% Safflower oil; R3 = Basal diet + Inositol 0.5%; R4 = Basal diet + Inositol 1.0%; R5 = Basal diet + 0.5 % Safflower oil + 0.5% Inositol; R6 = Basal diet + 0.5 % Safflower oil + 1.0% Inositol; R7 = Basal diet + 1.0 % Safflower oil + 0.5% Inositol; R8 = Basal diet + 1.0 % Safflower oil + 1.0% Inositol. The data were subjected to analysis of vari-ance (ANOVA), continued with an Honestly Significant Difference test (HSD) using SPSS ver. 17.0 with 5% error. The result showed that supplementing saf-flower oil (Carthamus tinctorius L) and inositol in feed did not significantly af-fect (P>0.05) egg weight, egg index, fat and cholesterol content of egg yolk, but significantly affected (P<0.05) egg yolk protein, and most significantly affected (P<0.01) egg production. Conclusively, supplementing 1% safflower oil in feed could increase egg production, but 1% safflower oil 1% + 0.5% 0.5% inositol could increase protein as well as decreasing fat and cholesterol of egg yolk.