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A total of 384 one-day-old male broilers were assigned to a 2 \u00d7 2 factorial design, including dietary fat level (Normal-fat, NF: 3% lard, day 1\u201321; 4.5% lard, day 22\u201350\/Low-fat, LF: 2.4% lard, day 1\u201321; 3.6% lard, day 22\u201350) and LL supplementation (0% or 0.05%). Each treatment had six replicates with 16 birds each. The trial lasted 50 days from day 1 to day 50. During the starter phase (day 1\u201321), birds fed the NF diet exhibited significantly greater average daily gain (ADG) and a lower feed conversion ratio (FCR) compared to those fed the LF diet (p &lt; 0.05). Supplementation with LL significantly improved ADG and reduced FCR throughout all phases (day 0\u201321, day 22\u201350, and day 0\u201350) (p &lt; 0.05). At day 21, LL also increased the apparent metabolizable energy (AME) and the digestibility of crude protein and ether extract (p &lt; 0.05). LL supplementation increased the villus height-to-crypt depth (VH:CD) ratio in the small intestine and elevated intestinal lipase activity during the experimental period (p &lt; 0.05). Regarding lipid metabolism, LL supplementation decreased serum total cholesterol (TC) and the LDL:HDL ratio, while increasing liver total lipase (TL) activity at both day 21 and day 50 (p &lt; 0.05). These findings suggest that dietary supplementation with 0.05% LL improves growth performance, enhances nutrient digestibility and intestinal absorptive capacity, and positively modulates lipid metabolism in YFBs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani15182752","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,22]],"date-time":"2025-09-22T10:05:17Z","timestamp":1758535517000},"page":"2752","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["The Effect of Lysolecithin Supplementation on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Intestinal Morphology, and Lipid Metabolism in Yellow-Feathered Broilers Fed Diets with Different Fat Levels"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Ying","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Kemin (China) Technologies Co., Ltd., Zhuhai 519040, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leilei","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Sciences of Zhejiang Province, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6919-6334","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zheng","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kemin (China) Technologies Co., Ltd., Zhuhai 519040, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2690-429X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jie","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Sciences of Zhejiang Province, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2776","DOI":"10.3382\/ps.2012-02841","article-title":"Comparison of carcass yields and meat quality between Baicheng-You chickens and Arbor Acres broilers","volume":"92","author":"Sarsenbek","year":"2013","journal-title":"Poult. 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