An assessment of the rate of fat accumulation in ruminant
adipose tissue in vitro
K.J. Lewis, P.C. Molan and J.J. Bass
Department of Biological Sciences University of Waikato,
Hamilton and Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries, Hamilton
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production.
1987, 47: 77-79
A method for the evaluation of the rate of fatty acid
accumulation and recycling in adipose tissue in vitro is described.
The influence of insulin on fatty acid accumulation in adipose tissue is
shown to be greater than its influence on fatty acid manufacture. This
was achieved by the ability of the hormone to reduce the rate at which
fatty acid was mobilised from the adipose tissue. It is proposed that
studies of the total fatty acid balance in this tissue will provide a
better understanding of the effects of hormones on overfatness in meat
animals than a study which simply addresses the rate of fatty acid
manufacture.
Keywords: NZSAPAB;
Fatty acid metabolism; insulin; overfatness; adipose tissue
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