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GROWTH IN PARTS 



TABLE 56 



Showing growth changes in the blood in rats of increasing age (body weight) . 

 combined — based on tables I and II, Chisolm ('11) 



Sexes 



methods (see Hartley, '07) which is easily applicable to the 

 entire carcasses of animals. The figures, given as percentages of 

 fatty acid on the crude weight of the animal, represent therefore 

 masked as well as anatomical fat. 



From the table 57 based on body weight it appears that the 

 proportion of fat tends to be greater in the heavier animals, and 

 from the tables based on the data grouped according to sex, it 

 appears that the females have a somewhat larger percentage of 

 fat than do the males. 



