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MAKING use of the arterio-venous method for the determination of the respiratory quotient of the lactating udder of the ruminant, different authors1–5 found mean values greater than unity. These results were interpreted1,2 as evidence of the formation of fat from carbohydrate. More recently, Folley and French6 carefully reinvestigated the problem and observed in the lactating cow a mean value of 1.25 ± 0.12.
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PEETERS, G., MASSART, L. Respiratory Quotient of the Isolated Bovine Mammary Gland. Nature 169, 627–628 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169627a0
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