A Respiratory Disease Syndrome in Chickens Fed Essential Fatty Acid Deficient Diets
- 1 October 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 114 (1), 82-86
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-114-28592
Abstract
Summary A respiratory disease syndrome characterized by formation of bronchial exudate and lung consolidation was observed in chicks fed diets very low in essential fatty acids. These lesions were not observed in chicks receiving similar diets containing 10% of soybean oil.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Depletion and Synthesis of Fatty Acids in Chickens Fed a Diet Low in Unsaturated Fatty AcidsExperimental Biology and Medicine, 1961
- Observations on the Requirements of Young Chicks for Dietary FatJournal of Nutrition, 1961