INFLUENCE OF ORALLY ADMINISTERED ANTIBIOTICS ON GROWTH AND PLASMA LIPID LEVELS OF GROWING CHICKS
Abstract
Growing chicks were fed semi-purified diets supplemented with antibiotics or sulfa drugs in the presence or absence of supplemental cholesterol. The data indicate that antibiotics and sulfa drugs depress plasma cholesterol levels of chicks fed a cholesterol-free diet when they also stimulate growth, but are without effect in the absence of such a growth stimulation. In cholesterol-fed chicks, antibiotics and sulfasuxidine elevated plasma cholesterol and lipid phosphorus levels. A highly significant positive correlation was observed between plasma cholesterol and lipid phosphorus levels for chicks fed either a choles terol-free or supplemented diet.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 12, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0409563
Entities
People
- Gilbert A. Leveille
- Howerde E. Sauberlich