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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 plasma cholesterol concentration at 8 wk of age and were fed for 15 wk (2.7 kg/d) one of two diets (16.5% fat and 1,156...
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