Plasma lipoprotein profiles in broiler chicks (Gallus domesticus): effects of early overfeeding.
1. Twenty-eight day old broiler chicks gavage fed for 22 days consumed 40% more feed and gained 100-110 g more than control birds. 2. Normal feeding resumed on day 41, by day 63 feed intakes and body weights of overfed and control birds were equal. 3. Moderate differences in lipid compositions of LDL and VLDL were observed at 41 and 50 but not at 63 days. 4. In contrast to mammals where early over feeding predisposes to adult obesity, lipoprotein profiles and ad lib feeding patterns of chicks are not readily altered by dietary measures.
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Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, Philadelphia, PA 19118.
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D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000097:blood*; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology
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