Fat rendering at a Swifterbant site Nieuwegein Beatrixsluis. An archaeological near the Beatrixsluis locks Nieuwegein, in province of Utrecht, is interpreted with aid ethno-archaeological parallels as location for bone-fat extraction. The site, radiocarbon-dated belonging to culture (5300-3400 BC), was situated on southern slope natural levee Benschop river. artefacts, consisting mostly large a...

Two trials that utilized 356 yearling steers were conducted to evaluate the effects of fat sources (3.5% of diet dry matter) in steam-flaked milo finishing diets. Fats differed in fatty acid composition and level of free fatty acids. In Trial 1, soybean oil, tallow and yellow grease were compared to a nonfat control. Feeding fat increased (P less than .05) daily gain, feed efficiency, estimated...

This study was designed to develop an animal model of alcoholic pancreatitis and to test the hypothesis that the dose of ethanol and the type of dietary fat affect free radical formation and pancreatic pathology. Female Wistar rats were fed liquid diets rich in corn oil (unsaturated fat), with or without a standard or high dose of ethanol, and medium-chain triglycerides (saturated fat) with a h...

AIM To study the effect of dietary supplementation of lecithin and carnitine on growth performance and nutrient digestibility in pigs fed high-fat diet. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 30 weaned female large white Yorkshire piglets of 2 months of age were selected and randomly divided into three groups allotted to three dietary treatments, T1 - Control ration as per the National Research Cou...

T HE correlation between the amount of dietary fat, the concentration of serum cholesterol and the incidence of ischemic heart diseaset is widely accepted as a cause and effect relationship by nutritionists, public health authorities, biochemists, practising physicians and by the public itself. Evidence favoring this correlation has been presented in a large number of epidemiologic studies, amo...