
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Griffiths, Mervyn 
A1  - Green, Brian 
A1  - MC Leckie, R 
A1  - Messer, MichaeI 
A1  - Newgrain, KW 
T1  - Constituents of Platypus and Echidna Milk, with Particular Reference to the Fatty Acid Complement of the Triglycerides
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1984
VL  - 37
IS  - 6
SP  - 323
EP  - 330
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9840323 
N2  - The mature milk of platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) exhibit 39&#xb7; 1 gf 1 00 g solids, of which crude lipid accounts for 22&#xb7;2% crude protein 8&#xb7;2%, hexose 3&#xb7;3% and sialic acid 0&#xb7;43%; iron is in high concentration, 21&#xb7;1 mgfl. Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) milk is more concentrated, containing 48&#xb7;9% solids, with lipid. protein, hexose and sialic acid accounting for 31 &#xb7;0, 12&#xb7;4, 1&#xb7; 6 and O&#xb7; 70% respectively; it is even richer in iron, 33&#xb7;3 mgfl 
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