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Animal Refresher, Meat Science
By-Products — Heparin, Rennet, Pepsin
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Question (English)
Which of the following sentences is/are true?
- Heparin is extracted from cattle lungs
- Rennet is prepared from abomasum of suckling calf
- Pepsin is extracted from mucosal lining of pig stomach
- All the above ✓ Correct
Explanation:
Correct Answer: All the above
All three statements are correct about animal by-products used in industry:
Animal By-Products — Industrial Uses
- Heparin → Anticoagulant drug; extracted from cattle lungs (and also from pig intestinal mucosa)
- Rennet → Milk-clotting enzyme; prepared from the abomasum (fourth stomach) of suckling calf — used in cheese making
- Pepsin → Proteolytic enzyme; extracted from the mucosal lining of pig stomach — used in food industry and as digestive enzyme
- Hyaluronidase → Extracted from Bull or Ram testes — used as spreading factor in medicine
- Horn raw material → Used to produce gelatin
- Catgut (absorbable suture) → Obtained from submucosa of small intestine of sheep
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