The effect of a low energy diet on the concentration of DDT in the adipose tissue of turkeys.
Turkey hens which had completed a breeding season and contained DDT in their fat were divided into 2 groups of 20 hens each. One group was fed a high wheat control diet throughout a 6 week period while another group was fed a low energy diet for 3 weeks and then the control diet for 3 weeks. Biopsy samples of adipose tissue taken initially and at 3 weeks and carcass adipose tissue samples of 6 weeks were analyzed for DDT and DDE. Total DDT concentration in adipose tissue increased when the hens were fed the low energy diet but decreased again when fed the control diet so that the overall change in DDT concentration over the 6 week period was not different for the two groups. The biopsy technique used in this study was successful in greatly reducing variability and improving precision.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003634:DDT / Q000378:metabolism*; D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D014422:Turkeys / Q000378:metabolism*
D003633:Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene; D003634:DDT