Date Received: 26-01-2026
Date Accepted: 02-07-2026
Date Published: 27-08-2026
##submissions.doi##: https://doi.org/10.31817/tckhnnvn.2026.24.8.05
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Effects of Replacing Soybean Meal With Sacha Inchi Meal in the Diet on Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Colored-Feather Broiler Chickens
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Cu Thi Thien Thu
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colored-feather broilers, growth performance, meat quality, omega-3 fatty acids, Sacha inchi meal
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of replacing soybean meal (SBM) with Sacha inchi meal (SIM) in the diet on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, and fatty acid composition of colored broiler chickens. A total of 160 crossbred (Ho × Luong Phuong) chickens, with an initial average body weight of 1.507 ± 22.1g, were randomly allocated to four dietary treatments, each consisting of 40 birds with four replicate pens per treatment, balanced for body weight and male:female ratio. Birds in the control diet (CONT) were fed a basal diet containing 15% SBM, while in the three experimental diets, SBM was replaced with SIM at levels of 33.3% (SIM5), 66.7% (SIM10), and 100% (SIM15). The feeding trial lasted for 56 days. The results showed that replacing SBM with SIM had no significant effects on final body weight, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio, carcass traits or meat quality parameters (P >0.05). However, the omega-3 fatty acid content increased, whereas the omega-6/omega-3 ratio and cholesterol content in broiler meat decreased significantly with increasing levels of SIM in the diet (P < 0.05). These findings indicate that SIM can completely replace SBM in the diet of colored broiler chickens, thereby improving the nutritional value and quality of the meat.
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