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Table 2 Summary of studies investigating the effect of early exposure of lipids and its impact on progeny chickens immune or inflammatory responses

From: Nutrition and metabolism in poultry: role of lipids in early diet

References

Lipids in maternal diet

Reported findings in the progeny during growth

Bullock et al., 2014 [20]

Fish oil vs. sunflower

Chicks from fish oil-fed hens had the lower liver and serum IL-6 concentrations than those from sunflower-oil fed hens.

Gonzalez et al., 2011 [36]

Fish oil vs. sunflower

Early access to n-3 PUFA increased the expression of COX-2: actin ratio in lipopolysaccharide injected birds.

Bautista-Ortega et al. 2009 [17, 35]

Sunflower vs. Fish oil

Prostaglandin E2 concentration in cardiac tissue was higher in one day-old chicks from hens fed sunflower oil than those from fish oil.

Cherian et al. 2009 [35]

Sunflower vs. Fish oil

Prostaglandin E3 and thromboxane A2 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells was reduced in 7-day old chicks from hens fed low n-3 (0 % DHA) vs. high n-3 (4.2 % DHA).

Hall et al., 2007 [18]

Sunflower vs. Fish oil

Ratio of LTB5 to LTB4 remained higher up to day 21 in chicks hatched from high omega-3 (4.1 %) vs. low omega-3 (0.9 %) eggs.

Wang et al. 2002, 2004 [28]

Sunflower and Linseed oil

High linoleic:ALA (12.4:1 vs. 0.8:1) led to lower BSA-specific IgG titer in the serum in the hatchlings Feeding breeder hens 5 % fish oil diet decreased BSA-induced wing web swellings at 4 week of age in chicks.

Chicks from the hens fed linseed and fish oil diet had lower splenocyte and thymus lymphocyte proliferative response than those from sunflower-oil fed chicks.

Liu and Denbow 2001 [21]

Soybean oil, Chicken fat, Menhaden oil

Maternal dietary n-3 fatty acids lowered the ex vivo prostaglandin E2 production of tibiae in newly hatched quail compared to those from hens fed soybean oil or poultry fat.