In vivo turnover of triglyceride fatty acids in adipose tissue of chickens (Gallus domesticus) selected for low or high adiposity

Sampling avian adipose tissue: assessing a nondestructive biopsy technique

“…For example, adipose tissue has been used to determine the diets of free‐living seabirds over the period of several weeks prior to capture (Wang et al 2007, Iverson et al 2007). The length of time represented by an adipose sample depends on the turnover rate of lipids in the tissue and can range from days to months (Lemarchal et al 1988, Foglia et al 1994). Thus, adipose tissue can provide investigators with information that would otherwise require repeatedly capturing free‐living individuals.…”