PLASMA FATTY-ACID COMPOSITION IN WILD AND CAPTIVE NILE CROCODILE, CROCODYLUS-NILOTICUS Academic Article

abstract

• 1. 1. Plasma fatty acid composition was studied in mature captive and in immature wild and captive Nile crocodiles. Significant differences among the three groups were found for most of the fatty acids assayed. 2. 2. The plasma fatty acids of Wild Nile crocodile contains a higher percentage of unsaturated fatty acids than the plasma of crocodiles raised in captivity. 3. 3. The percentage of plasma -3 unsaturated fatty acids was significantly higher in wild crocodiles than in captive crocodiles, and immature captive animals had a significantly higher percentage of -3 fatty acids than mature captive crocodiles 4. 4. The -3 -6 ratio was significantly higher in wild crocodiles than in the two captive groups. The immature captive crocodiles had a significantly higher ratio than the mature captive crocodiles. 5. 5. The difference in plasma fatty acid composition between wild and captive crocodiles was probably due to differences in diet. 1993.

authors

• Morpurgo, Benjamin

published proceedings

• COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-PHYSIOLOGY

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• MORPURGO, B., ROBINZON, B., LANCE, V. A., & GELMAN, A.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• MORPURGO, B||ROBINZON, B||LANCE, VA||GELMAN, A

publication date

• February 1993

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A: Comparative Physiology  Journal

keywords

• 31 Biological Sciences
• 3101 Biochemistry And Cell Biology
• 3109 Zoology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0300-9629(93)90332-X

start page

• 373

end page

• 376

volume

• 104

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(93)90332-x