Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-x4r87 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T10:55:48.995Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

A note on the estimation in vivo of body fat in cows using deuterium oxide or adipose-cell size

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

J. Robelin
J. Robelin
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de la Production de Viande, Centre de Recherches de Clermont-Ferrand, INRA Theix, 63110 Beaumont, France
Get access

Abstract

Two methods of estimating body fat in vivo in cattle, namely measurement of body water by dilution of deuterium oxide and subcutaneous adipose-cell size, were studied in mature cows and compared with a classical method based on dissection of a sample joint.

Total body fat, measured after complete dissection of 12 dry cows, varied between 64 and 185g/kg body weight. Rib fat and adipose-cell diameter were related positively, while body water was related negatively to total body fat. The equations for prediction of total body fat were sufficiently accurate (s.d. = 10·1 to 11·5 g total body fat per kg body weight) to warrant further examination, and adipose-cell diameter was as accurate as body water.

Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , June 1982 , pp. 347 - 350
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1982

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Crabtree, R. M., Houseman, R. A. and Kay, M. 1974. The estimation of body compositio n in beef cattle by deuterium oxide dilution. Proc. Nutr. Soc. 33: 74A–75A (Abstr.).Google Scholar
Robelin, J. 1977. Estimation in vivo de la composition corporelle des agneaux à partir de l'espace de diffusion de l'eau lourde. Annls Biol. anim. Biochim. Biophys. 17: 95–105.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Robelin, J. 1981. Cellularity of bovine adipose tissues: developmental changes from 15 to 65 percent mature weight. J. Lipid Res. 22: 452–457.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Robelin, J. 1982. Relation entre l'espace de diffusion de l'eau lourde mesuré in vivo, et le volume hydrique corporel des bovins en croissance. Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 22: 65–73.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Robelin, J. and Geay, Y. 1975. Estimation of the composition of beef carcasses from the composition of the 11th rib cut. 1. Anatomical composition. Annls Zootech. 24: 391–402.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Robelin, J. and Geay, Y. 1978. Estimation of the chemical composition of the bovine body from the total fatty tissue weight. Annls Zootech. 27: 159–167.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tissier, M., Robelin, J., Purroy, A. and Geay, Y. 1978. Extraction et dosage automatique de l'eau lourde dans les liquides biologiques. Annls Biol. anim. Biochim. Biophys. 18: 1223–1228.CrossRefGoogle Scholar