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Changes in body composition after thermal injury in the rat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

G. A. Al Shamma ,
C. C. Goll ,
T. B. Baird ,
J. Broom ,
G. A. Nicholas  and
J. R. Richards
G. A. Al Shamma
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF
C. C. Goll
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Physics and Bioengineering, Greater Glasgow Health Board, Glasgow G4 9LF
T. B. Baird
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT
J. Broom
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT
G. A. Nicholas
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT
J. R. Richards
Affiliation:
Institute of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
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1. The effects on body composition, measured by direct techniques, of a controlled 25% body-surfacearea thermal injury have been studied in two groups of forty male Wistar rats.

2. The extent of weight loss in the animals was directly related to their energy deficit resulting from a combination of injury, food intake and rate of wound healing.

3. Body fat proved the most labile source of tissue energy, decreasing to a minimum of approximately 30 g/kg body-weight.

4. Relationships between water and fat, and water and protein seen in control animals were not significantly different in the traumatized group.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , November 1979 , pp. 367 - 375
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1979

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