Production of Arteriosclerosis in Birds by the Prolonged Feeding of DihydrocholesteroL
- 1 August 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 89 (4) , 609-613
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-89-21891
Abstract
Feeding a diet containing 0.5% dihydrocholesterol (DHC) for 6 months resulted in the development of severe arteriosclerosis of the thoracic and abdominal aortas in 12 birds. The aortic lesions seen were identical with those induced in the bird by feeding cholesterol, and appeared to have resulted from deposition of dihydrocholesterol in the vascular wall. Hepatic enlargement in DHC-fed birds was similar to that seen previously in cholesterol-fed birds, and was due in part to reticuloendothelial storage of dihydrocholesterol.Keywords
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