Serum and body characteristics of laying hens with fatty liver syndrome.
Commercial laying hens with Fatty Liver Syndrome had greatly elevated levels of serum calcium and cholesterol. Most of the hens with the elevated serum calcium and cholesterol were out of production, but some were still in production. Hens with elevated calcium and cholesterol levels had extremely large combs and excessive deposits of fat in the abdomen.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003129:Comb and Wattles / Q000254:growth & development; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*
D006728:Hormones; D002784:Cholesterol; D002118:Calcium