Influence of Dietary Fatty Acids on the Composition of Fatty Acids in the Tundra Wolf.

摘要

Fatty acid composition of the blood plasma of nine male tundra wolves and the diet consumed by the wolves was investigated by means of gas chromatography. The monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids predominated in both the tundra wolf blood plasma and the diet. It was concluded that distribution of free fatty acids found in the plasma of the wolf reflects the distribution found in the diet. (Author)