Article
Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids alter lymphocyte subset proportion and proliferation, serum immunoglobulin G concentration, and immune tissue development in chicks.
Poultry science - 1 Dec 2000
Wang Y W, Field C J, Sim J S
Abstract excerpt
The effects of fat source on immune response of the offspring of the Single Comb White Leghorn laying hens were investigated. The laying hens were fed for 6 wk with a wheat-soybean meal basal diet with added sunflower oil (SO), animal oil (AO), linseed oil (LO), or menhaden fish oil (FO) at 5% (wt/wt). Upon hatching, the chicks (30/group) were given the same types of diets for 8 wk. The dietary SO, AO, and LO...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Bursa of Fabricius
- Cell Division
- Chickens
- Dietary Fats, Unsaturated
- Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
- Immunoglobulin G
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocyte Subsets
- Organ Size
- Phenotype
- Spleen
- Thymus Gland