Article
Response to dietary fat and cholesterol in young adult boars genetically selected for high or low plasma cholesterol.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 1995
Lu C D, Pond W G, Mersmann H J, Su D R, Krook L, Harris J J, Savell J W
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-eight young adult boars (age 7 to 8 mo) genetically selected for four generations for high (HG) or low (LG) plasma cholesterol were studied to assess dietary and genetic effects and their interactions on cholesterol metabolism. Boars within a genetic group were paired according to their pl...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Animals
- Blood Glucose
- Brain Chemistry
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, Dietary
- Dietary Fats
- Genotype
- Glucagon
- Insulin
- Liver
- Male
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Random Allocation
- Selection, Genetic
- Swine
- Thyroid Hormones
- Triglycerides