Effects of saturated and unsaturated fats with vitamin E supplementation on the antioxidant status of broiler chicken tissues.

The influence of fish oil (highly unsaturated) and beef tallow (highly saturated) with vitamin E (100 IU/kg) supplementation on the antioxidant status of broiler chicken cockerels was investigated. Chicks were fed a control diet with no added fat, 40 g/kg each of fish oil and beef tallow diets, respectively, from 11 to 42 days of age. Tocopherol concentration and the rate of lipid peroxidation, thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) in liver, fatty acid composition of the liver lipids, blood serum total antioxidant status (TAS), and reduced glutathione (GSH) content were determined.

A contribution to the pathology and clinical features of granulomatous prostatitis.

Two cases of granulomatous prostatitis are reported. The essential pathological and clinical features of the syndrome are discussed. It is emphasized that in case of enlargement and induration of the prostate and fusion of the organ with adjacent structures, differentiation of granulomatous prostatitis from prostatic cancer is not possible without biopsy.