Report on dietary medium chain fatty acids (MCT) and chicken growth
Seri, S.; Farello, P.
Bollettino della Societa Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale 55(9): 890-893
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-8771 PMID: 553615 Document Number: 149864
From the results, obtained from the comparison between diet containing medium chain triglycerides (MCT) and the growth of chicks, emerged the importance of the qualitative composition of the diet; most of all it became evident the influence that MCT exert on the amount of energy rendered per ration consumed. Less body growth is obtained due to the adapting, probably temporary, of oxidative metabolism to the increased quantity of medium chain fatty acid consumption.