TY  - GEN
T1  - Dietary oil palm (Elaies guineensis Jacq.) frond supplementation can alter plasma lipoprotein concentrations in goats
A1  - Ebrahimi, Mahdi
YR  - 2011
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:11353
AB  - Twenty four six-month old Kacang crossbred goats were allocated into three treatment groups and fed a control (CON; 100% concentrate), HAF (75% concentrate + 25% oil palm frond pellet, % w/w) or OPF 950% concentrate + 50% oil palm frond pellet, %w/w) diet for 100 days.  The plasma lipoprotein profiles from these animals were compared.  Results showed the OPF and HAF goats had significantly higher (P<0.05) plasma HDL-cholestrol values compared to the CON animals.  However there were no significant (P>0.05) differences in plasma total cholestrol, LDL-cholestrol and triaglycerols between the treatment groups.  This study showed that the ‘good’ plasma HDL-cholestrol in goats was increased by the oil palm frond supplementation.
KW  - Goats - Feeding and feeds
KW  - Dietary supplements
ER  -