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OCLC number
795623894
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Author
Dick, Morag F.(Morag Fiona),1985-
Title
Fatty liver syndrome in mink : causes and metabolic consequences.
Degree
M. Sc. -- Dalhousie University, 2010
Publisher
Ottawa : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, [2011]
Description
2 microfiches
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
<?Pub Inc> This study investigated the effects of feeding intensity and dietary fat source on the development of fasting-induced fatty liver in mink. Mink were fed diets, containing either herring oil (n-3 PUFA), soya oil, (n-6 PUFA), or canola oil (n-9 MUFA) as the dietary fat source, at either 80% RDA or 120% RDA for a period of 10 weeks, followed by an overnight or 5-day fast. Fasting caused the mobilization of body fat reserves, increasing the hepatic delivery of fatty acids and resulting in the development of fatty liver. Increasing adiposity increased the severity of fatty liver, and is likely a result of increased visceral lipolysis. Increasing n-3 PUFA intake decreased the liver lipids in the mink fed at 120% RDA. Increasing n-3 PUFA content of the liver and mesenteric fat may help prevent the excessive accumulation of liver lipids by promoting hepatic fatty acid oxidation.
ISBN
9780494636145
0494636149