Broiler Growth and Metabolic Data Under Reduced-Energy Diets with Supplementation

A 2026 study by Whad Fayed on figshare investigated the effects of lysophospholipid and lipase supplementation in broiler chickens. The dataset likely contains results from 300 one-day-old male Ross 308 broilers across five treatment groups, measuring growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and metabolic responses. Findings include body weight gain of 2,222 grams and feed conversion ratios of 1.344 in supplemented groups.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between feed supplementation and body weight gain based on reported performance metrics.
• Analyzing the effect of emulsifiers on crude protein retention, which increased to 81.4-81.8%.
• Studying the impact of energy reduction on serum lipid profiles, including total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations.
• Investigating the restoration of intestinal villus architecture through histological data mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Includes results from a controlled experiment with 300 birds and 6 replicate pens per treatment group.
• Reports specific quantitative outcomes such as body weight gain (2,222 g vs. 2,053 g) and feed conversion ratio (1.344 vs. 1.491).
• Measures multiple biological endpoints including nutrient retention, serum biochemistry, antioxidant status, and gene expression.

Limitations

• The dataset is small (155.0 KB), indicating limited scope and likely a summary of results rather than raw experimental data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Controlled animal feeding trial described in the associated research paper.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 05:28:31; freshness should be verified.