If your dog is on a restricted-calorie plan, be mindful that add-ins can unintentionally shift nutrient balance or calorie totals
Desaturation and elongation of essential fatty acids The figure shows two vertical pathways of the metabolism of essential fatty acids, illustrating conversion to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids through desaturation (addition of a double bond) and elongation (addition of two carbon atoms) reactions: Omega-6 fatty acid pathway: At the top, linoleic acid (18:2n-6) is stepwise converted to 18:3n-6, then to 20:3n-6, then to 20:4n-6 (arachidonic acid), followed by conversion to 22:4n-6, 24:4n-6, 24:5n-6, and finally 22:5n-6
This project was supported in part by NIH Public Health Service grant P30DK056338, which funds the Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center and P30CA125123, which funds the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Proteomics Core and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Cancer Institute or the NIH
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