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The Origin of Depot Fat^{1, 2,}

Animal Nutrition Section, Department of Animal Industry, North Carolina State College, Raleigh

ABSTRACT

Largely because of the recent development of analytical techniques, many of the older notions concerning the depot fat of animals are undergoing revision. Although any dietary fatty acid of chain length greater than ten carbon atoms will be deposited in the body fat of a nonruminant animal, the rate and extent of deposition will vary widely, depending on the fatty acid in question. With ruminant animals the capacity of the rumen microflora to hydrogenate unsaturated acids plays the dominant role resulting in the deposition of saturated fatty acids. The fatty acid composition of animal fats results from highly specific and controlled metabolic reactions. This specificity concerns not only the influence of one fatty acid on the distribution of the others but also the position of the fatty acids on the glycerol molecule.

¹ The work reported herein as unpublished data of the author was supported in part by a grant from the United States Public Health Service.

² Contribution from the Animal Industry Department, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh. Published with the approval of the Director of Research as Paper No. 1186 of the Journal Series.

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