The influence of low and high planes of nutrition on the composition and synthesis of fat in the pig

Abstract

THE work described in this communication deals with the determination of the component acids in the depot fats of pigs which had received controlled diets at different levels of nutrition. The primary object was to ascertain how far the quantitative proportions of the various component acids varied in relation to the feeding level of the animal. It was also found possible to make a rough quantitative comparison of the amounts of each fatty acid (a) ingested by the animal, (b) deposited in the animal in the form of fat, and therefrom to deduce the amount and nature of fat synthesized in the animal, and also to compare the rates of deposition of fat in animals which had been given different rations.