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John Rivers (1945–1989): His Contribution to Research on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Cats¹

Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia

John Rivers was a remarkable person, with enormous courage and a very generous spirit. He made a significant and long-lasting impact on the science of nutrition, disaster relief and the lives of those with whom he worked. His contribution to the understanding of the essential fatty acid requirements and metabolism in the cat while working at the Nuffield Institute of Comparative Medicine is described in this paper, together with background information on the polyunsaturated fatty acid research undertaken in the Biochemistry Department at the Institute.

KEY WORDS: • polyunsaturated fatty acids • cats • arachidonic acid • essential fatty acids • linoleate

¹ Presented as part of the Waltham Symposium on the Nutrition of Companion Animals in association with the 15th International Congress of Nutrition, at Adelaide, SA, Australia, on September 23–25, 1993. Guest editors for this symposium were Kay Earle, John Mercer and D'Ann Finley.

² Present address: Deakin Institute of Human Nutrition, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, 3157, Australia.