Manchette-acrosome disorders and testicular efficiency decline observed in hypercholesterolemic rabbits are recovered with olive oil enriched diet
Fig 1
Feeding protocol and resulting groups.
Adult rabbits were divided in three groups: normocholesterolemic rabbits were fed with balanced diet during 9 months (Group 1 = NCR), another group received high-fat diet (Group 2 = HCARDA), and the third group received olive oil diet (Group 5 = ½ OO). After 3 months, HCARDA was split in HCARDA (Group 2, Subgroup I) that continued with high-fat, and in ½ HCARDA that received half cow fat (Group 3, subgroup I = ½ HCARDA). Finally, ½ HCARDA was split again, one of them continued with half cow fat diet, and the other received half cow fat and half olive oil (Group 4, subgroup II = ½ HCARDA + ½ OO).