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Creator:: Selvaraj, Ramesh Kumar
Abstract:: Three experiments were conducted to study the influence of dietary fatty acids on the production performance and immune response of chickens. In experiment I, forty day-old broiler chicks were fed diets containing 5% of either animal fat + conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) (Diet I), sunflower oil (Diet II), flax oil...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Immune Responses in Poultry Abstract approved: Gita Cherian Three experiments

Creator:: Gonzalez, Dulmelis
Abstract:: In the presence of internal or external stressors, the body requires sources of energy that aide cells to combat inflammation. Fatty acids are an important source of energy and are vital components of cell membranes. Dietary fatty acids (n-6 and n-3) are of importance in immune function because they are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________ Gita Cherian In the presence of internal or external stressors, the body

Creator:: Schaal, Travis P.
Abstract:: Hatchability of broiler eggs has not increased over the last twenty years. Increasing hatchability with in ovo technology may be possible through feeding metabolic modulators to the developing embryo. Exogenous fatty acids and antioxidants provided during incubation may enhance polyunsaturated fatty acid, lipid, and antioxidant status of the chicken embryo....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Gita Cherian Hatchability of broiler eggs has not increased over the last twenty years

Creator:: Bautista Ortega, Jaime
Abstract:: Three experiments were conducted in broiler hens to study the influence of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on egg quality, antioxidant status in progeny, and eicosanoid production in tissue. The objective of experiment 1 was to determine the effect of hen age and dietary n-3 PUFA on egg quality...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Metabolism in Broiler Chickens: Effects of Maternal Diet. Abstract approved: Gita Cherian

Creator:: Jha, Shantibhushan
Abstract:: Inflammation is the body's response to injury and is characterized by pain, swelling, redness, and heat. Eicosanoids are lipid mediators of inflammation. Leukotrienes (LT) are 20-carbon eicosanoids produced from arachidonic acid (AA), an n-6 fatty acid (FA), and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), an n-3 FA. LT produced from AA are proinflammatory...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and encouragement I would not be where I am today. I am greatly indebted to Dr. Gita Cherian

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