Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 1999 · 39 citations · 14 references
AgricultureNutritional SciencesPoultry SciencePoultry MedicinePoultry NutritionPoultry PhysiologyEgg LipidsEgg QualityLaying Hen NutritionLipid AnalysisLipid MetabolismLipid-lowering TherapyBoar Reproductive PerformanceCholesterol-lowering EffectsDietary CholesterolDietary Effects On Yolk QualityEgg Lipid ProfileEgg Shell Quality AssessmentLipid SupplementationPlasma Cholesterol Levels
To evaluate the effect of lipid-lowering agents upon egg quality, reproductive performance, plasma lipids, and egg yolk cholesterol levels, 30-week-old Shaver laying hens were fed a basal diet (commercial ration) supplemented with 0.1% probucol (PROB), 0.025% gemfibrozil (GEMF), or lovastatin at 0.0005% (LOV1), 0.001% (LOV2), or 0.0015% (LOV3) for a 12-week experimental period. It was observed that the supplementation of the drugs did not impair albumen and shell quality. Hen performance was not adversely affected. The depression in triglyceride concentrations approached statistical significance only in LOV2 (38.5%), and total cholesterol was significantly depressed in LOV2 (36.0%), LOV3 (36.8%), PROB (29.6%), and GEMF (30.4%) treatments. Egg cholesterol content, expressed per gram of yolk, was significant lowered in LOV1 (7.5%) and LOV3 (12. 7%).
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Yadon Arad, Rajasekhar Ramakrishnan, HN Ginsberg · Journal of Lipid Research · 1990 · 215 citations · Full text