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Studies on the fats of the bacon pig with reference to carcass quality. The relation between growth rate and chemical composition of pig depot fat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

F. B. Shokland  and
P. B. D. De La Mare
F. B. Shokland
Affiliation:
Chemistry Section, Animal Research Division, Department of Agriculture, Wellington, New Zealand
P. B. D. De La Mare
Affiliation:
Chemistry Section, Animal Research Division, Department of Agriculture, Wellington, New Zealand
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Consideration of the composition of pig depot fats from the point of view of Callow's growth-rate theory (Callow, 1935a,b), shows that the theory appears to explain the iodine values of fats both of groups of animals and of depots of an individual pig. When, however, the fatty acid compositions of the fats are considered, the theory is untenable in respect of the depots of an individual pig. Differences in unsaturation between outer back fat, inner back fat, and perinephric fat are essentially determined by differences in the ratio of oleic acid to stearic acid, differences in linoleic acid content being inconsiderable.

It can equally be shown that the growth-rate theory does not explain the results obtained by Hilditch & Pedelty (1941) for depot fats of sheep. Differences between different depots both of the pig and of the sheep seem to be characteristic of the species and cannot readily be altered by altering either the quantity or the quality of the diet.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , January 1945 , pp. 39 - 43
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1945

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