Effects of milk fat, unhydrogenated and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils on fat metabolism of growing pigs: II. Changes in serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels

Abstract

Fifty mainly crossbred growing pigs were fed diets composed of a basal feed (2% fat) and supplemented 30% gross energy in the form of butter oil, cream, low erucic acid rapeseed oil (LEAR), sunflower oil or partially hydrogenated sunflower oil for 88 days in order to evaluate the effects of different food fats on their serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels. The levels of serum total cholesterol in the animals fed butter oil (3.47 mmol/l) and cream (3.48 mmol/l) were significantly (p

Effects of milk fat, unhydrogenated and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils on fat metabolism of growing pigs: I. Growth, feed utilization and carcass quality in pigs fed different fats and oils

“…The experiment was carried out in co-operation with the National Public Health Institute, the Agricultural Research Centre, the National Veterinary Institute, the University of Helsinki, the Department of Food Technology/Dairy Section, the Raisio Group and the Valio Finnish Co-operative Dairies' Association. The results concerning the effects of dietary fats on the lipid and cholesterol values of porcine serum and lipoprotein fractions and the evaluation of the suitability of pig as a model for human nutritional studies are presented in Kemppinen et al 1993. Material and methods A total of 75 growing pigs were used in two experiments. In January 1990 50 pigs were assigned to five different treatments with ten pigs per treatment (5 females and 5 castrates).…”