This invention provides compositions and methods for producing low
cholesterol poultry eggs using hypocholesterolemic compounds, cholesterol
lowering supplements, and feeds therefrom. Preferably, this invention
provides microbial statins without methyl group in C6, as shown in
formula V, in order to produce low cholesterol poultry eggs.
The invention allows producing low cholesterol poultry eggs without
concomitant reduction of egg production by providing microbial statins,
compactin and pravastatin as well as their derivatives, as cholesterol
lowering components. This invention also provides methods for producing
low cholesterol poultry eggs without huge increase of production cost
since the effective amount of cholesterol lowering composition containing
microbial statin costs 1/20-1/4 of that of synthetic statin.
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