Maternal diet with diverse omega-6/omega-3 ratio affects the brain docosahexaenoic acid content of growing chickens

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-52

  Ajuyah, A O ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Sunwoo, H ^a   Cherian, G ^a   Sim, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

6 3 ratio; Brain; Chicken; Docosahexaenoic acid

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; EGG YOLK; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HATCHING; LIPID COMPOSITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST MEAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0042674261     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071443     Document Type: Article

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