Effect of a low-fat diet on body composition and blubber fatty acids of captive juvenile harp seals (Phoca groenlandica)

Agriculture & Biology

• Phoca 94%
• Pagophilus groenlandicus 90%
• blubber 81%
• low fat diet 74%
• body composition 58%
• fatty acids 40%
• body fat 36%
• pollock 33%
• protein intake 25%
• seals 23%
• food intake 20%
• lipids 18%
• diet 17%
• Pinnipedia 15%
• Clupea harengus 15%
• isotope dilution technique 14%
• body protein 13%
• high fat diet 12%
• dietary fat 11%
• biopsy 11%
• fatty acid composition 8%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Earless Seals 100%
• Fat-Restricted Diet 73%
• Body Composition 56%
• Fatty Acids 49%
• Adipose Tissue 20%
• Fats 18%
• Diet 16%
• Caniformia 14%
• Proteins 9%
• Isotopes 8%
• High Fat Diet 8%
• Eating 6%
• Biopsy 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Fat 56%
• Fatty Acid 46%
• Protein 11%
• Isotope 8%
• Dilution 7%
• Food 6%