Nutritional composition of Mutton bird (Puffinus griseus) meat

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Nutritional composition of Mutton bird (Puffinus griseus) meat

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Mutton birds (Puffinus griseus) are wild seabird chicks traditionally harvested by Maori but available commercially for seasonal consumption in New Zealand. Little information is available on the nutritional content of the meat from these birds. Proximate analysis and amino and fatty acid composition of Mutton bird breast meat (MBBM) were measured over two harvesting seasons, 2007 and 2008. Protein content was lower, and fat and ash contents were higher (P < 0.05) in meat from birds harvested...

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Journal article

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2016-03

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Al-Amer, S / Bekhit, AEA / Gooneratne, SR / Mason, SL

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/8425

Related subjects

composition / proximate analysis / amino acids / fatty acids / cholesterol / Mutton bird / Puffinus griseus / New Zealand / Food sciences

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