AN ASSAY OF NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS IN THE ORGANISM OF LADY AMHERST''''S PHEASANT (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
白腹锦鸡机体营养成分的分析与探讨

During our study of the wild and the captivity of grown-up Lady amherst's pheasant, we assaicd nutritional compositions of some organs, tissues and eggs. By means of this method, we discerned that the protein of thigh muscles of captivity was 11% higher than that of the wild, but the breast muscles of the former was 26% lower than that of the latter. The amino acid content in the breast muscle, thigh muscle and Dlood of the captivity were all higher than those of the wild: They had 25.24% & 22.60%, 23.22% & 21.83%, 22.41%& 17.73% respectively, But the liver was exceptional, the former had 24.26% and the latr tehad 26.02%. As for the carbohydrate contents the captivity had more than the wild, for example, breast muscle: 0.262% & 0.186%, thigh muscle: 0.238% & 0.191%, Liver: 4.747% & 0.785%. We also analysed 12 kinds of elements and 4 kinds of vitamins on the pheasant.