At 12:39 1997-12-30 -0500, Jean-Louis wrote:

>It seems that the fat composition of wild animals is different from the fat
composition of domestic animals

This is what happens to salmons when they are fed grain:
(the only meat wich I have found where you can compare wild / farmed)

- Hans


Nutritional Data for 100 grams of FINFISH; SALMON, ATLANTIC,WILD, RAW
Name                    Unit    Amount    %RDA     %RDA
Food energy             KCal:  142.000     4.9%     6.5%
Protein                 Gms :   19.840    31.5%    39.7%
Total lipid (fat)       Gms :    6.340     6.6%     8.6%
Carbohydrate, by diff.  Gms :    0.000     0.0%     0.0%
Total saturated fat     Gms :    0.981     3.0%     4.0%
Ttl monounsaturated fat Gms :    2.103
Ttl polyunsaturated fat Gms :    2.539
Cholesterol             Mg  :   55.000    18.3%    18.3%
Linoleic acid (18:2/n6) Gms :    0.172     2.7%     3.5%
Linolenic acid(18:3/n3) Gms :    0.295    18.4%    24.6%

Nutritional Data for 100 grams of FINFISH; SALMON, ATLANTIC,FARMED, RAW
Name                    Unit    Amount    %RDA     %RDA
Food energy             KCal:  183.000     6.3%     8.3%
Protein                 Gms :   19.900    31.6%    39.8%
Total lipid (fat)       Gms :   10.850    11.2%    14.8%
Carbohydrate, by diff.  Gms :    0.000     0.0%     0.0%
Total saturated fat     Gms :    2.183     6.8%     8.9%
Ttl monounsaturated fat Gms :    3.868
Ttl polyunsaturated fat Gms :    3.931
Cholesterol             Mg  :   59.000    19.7%    19.7%
Linoleic acid (18:2/n6) Gms :    0.586     9.2%    12.0%
Linolenic acid(18:3/n3) Gms :    0.094     5.9%     7.8%