title: Response of Bovans chicks to low dietary levels of Linum usitatissimum seeds.
abstract: The effect on 7-d-old Bovans chicks of 10 or 2% Linum usitatissimum seed in their basal diet for 6 w was determined. The feeding of either Linum-seed diet caused a significant increase in growth rate in spite of the development of centrilobular hepatocyte fatty vacuolation and an inflammatory cell response in the intestinal lamina propria and renal cortex. These effects were correlated with alterations in some hepatorenal function and hematology parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Bakhiet
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D002645:Chickens / Q000097:blood / Q000254:growth & development*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000097:blood; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D012639:Seeds; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D006454:Hemoglobins