The egg yolk cholesterol content was also found to be lowered by 13.68% in hens fed inulin (Shang and others 2010), 11.97% in hens fed fructooligosaccharide (Li and others 2007), 11.47% in hens fed probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici ( Mikulski and others 2012), and 9.9% in hens fed a multi-strain probiotic (Aghaii and others 2010). The discrepancies in results in results could be due to differences in prebiotics, probiotic dtrains, administration doses, and hen ages and strains.