Reducing shell egg cholesterol content. II. Review of approaches utilizing non-nutritive dietary factors or pharmacological agents and an examination of emerging strategies

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-31

  Elkin, R G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian transgenesis; Cholesterol; Egg yolk; Laying hens; Lipoproteins; Statins; Vitellogenin; VLDL

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33846181495     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: 17434777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/WPS2006124     Document Type: Review

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