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The rapid determination of carcass fat by the Foss-Let specific gravity technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

C. J. H. Woodward ,
P. Trayhurn  and
W. P. T. James
C. J. H. Woodward
Affiliation:
Dunn Nutrition Unit, University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
P. Trayhurn
Affiliation:
Dunn Nutrition Unit, University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
W. P. T. James
Affiliation:
Dunn Nutrition Unit, University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
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Abstract

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1. Carcass fat was determined by extraction with tetrachloroethylene and measurement of the solvent's change in density. The results were comparable in precision to those of a reference method; the new method extracted storage lipid but little structural lipid.

2. The technique is simple, rapid and appropriate for many nutritional studies.

Type
Short Papers
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , November 1976 , pp. 567 - 570
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1976

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