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Australian Journal of Biological Sciences Australian Journal of Biological Sciences Society
Biological Sciences
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Constituents of Platypus and Echidna Milk, with Particular Reference to the Fatty Acid Complement of the Triglycerides

Mervyn Griffiths, Brian Green, R MC Leckie, MichaeI Messer and KW Newgrain

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 37(6) 323 - 330
Published: 1984

Abstract

The mature milk of platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) exhibit 39· 1 gf 1 00 g solids, of which crude lipid accounts for 22·2% crude protein 8·2%, hexose 3·3% and sialic acid 0·43%; iron is in high concentration, 21·1 mgfl. Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) milk is more concentrated, containing 48·9% solids, with lipid. protein, hexose and sialic acid accounting for 31 ·0, 12·4, 1· 6 and O· 70% respectively; it is even richer in iron, 33·3 mgfl

https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9840323

© CSIRO 1984

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