The relationship between diet, plasma lipid composition and aortic atherosis in rabbits

In agreement with the observations of other investigators (e.g.Funch, Krogh & Dam, 1960), Moore & Kon (1963) and Moore & Williams (1964) found that rabbits given for 9 or 10 months a diet containing 20% butterfat but no added cholesterol developed extensive aortic atherosis, whereas rabbits given for a similar period a diet containing 20% maize oil did not.The levels of plasma cholesterol of the rabbits given the 20% butterfat diet were four to five times higher than those of the rabbits given the 20 % maize-oil diet.Thus, although the results with the animals given these