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Feeds and Feeding. 



of protein, as in Experiments 5 and 9, about as much protein was 

 left in the body as was supplied in the fat of the food. From 

 this it appears that the body fat formed from the protein in the 

 food is less stable than that derived from the fat of the food, and 

 that fat derived from protein will be decomposed more easily in 

 the body than the fat of the food. 



Results of feeding meat and fat to a dog PettenJcofer and Voit. 



83. Feeding with protein and carbohydrates. For information 

 regarding this subject, as in the preceding ones, we have recourse 

 to the experiments of Pettenkofer and Yoit. * 



Feeding protein and carbohydrates to a dog Pettenkofer and Voit. 



1 Loc. cit, p. 145. 



