Influence of dietary fat on growth and liver lipid content, glucose-6-phosphate and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenases, and aldolase activities in the chick.
The influence of fat in chick diets containing 18, 21, and 24% protein on growth and liver lipid content, glucose 6-phosphate, and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenases, and aldolase activities was evaluated. Twelve percent fat in diets containing 21 and 24% protein increased the rate of growth. The fat level also decreased liver lipid content at 24% dietary protein. Improved growth was attributed to higher feed intake. However, dietary fat did not affect the activities of the above enzymes indicating their inadaptive nature to dietary fat.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism*; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000378:metabolism; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism
D004041:Dietary Fats; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase