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1. The effect of dietary palmitic acid on body weight and bone‐ash of chicks fed three concentrations of calcium was studied in a 2 × 3 factorial design (0 and 10% palmitic acid, 0.4, 0.7 and 1.0% calcium).
2. Body weight of chicks at 3 weeks was not influenced by the calcium concentration when palmitic acid was not included in the diet.
3. When 10% palmitic acid was included the body weight of chicks fed 0.4 and 0.7% calcium was lower (P<0.01) than for the other groups.
4. Bone‐ash was lower (P< 0.01) for chicks fed 0.4% calcium than for the other two calcium concentrations when palmitic acid was not added and palmitic acid at 10% of the diet reduced bone‐ash of the chicks fed 0.4 and 0.7% calcium (P<0.01).
Notes
Research done while E. E. Gardiner was on a transfer‐of‐work from Agriculture Canada, Research Station, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1.