Biochemical indicators of fatness in meat-type chickens: lack of correlation between lipoprotein lipase activity in post-heparin plasma and body fat |
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Authors: | K Guo H D Griffin S C Butterwith |
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Affiliation: | AFRC Institute for Grassland and Animal Production, Poultry Department, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland. |
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Abstract: | 1. Possible relationships between fatness and lipoprotein lipase activity in adipose tissue and plasma from heparinised birds were examined in 7-week-old male and female broilers. 2. Total lipoprotein lipase activity in abdominal fat was significantly correlated (r = 0.5) with fat pad weight, but there was no correlation between specific activity of the enzyme and fat pad weight. 3. Lipoprotein lipase activity in post-heparin plasma showed no correlation with either abdominal fat or total body fat content. 4. The results indicate that measurements of lipoprotein lipase activity in biopsy samples or in post-heparin plasma are of no value in predicting the fat content of live birds. |
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