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Abstract:
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In fish processing plants, there is huge amount of skin that is
left as the waste. When this skin is taken and processed into fish
collagen, it will save large amount of money that is used for
extraction of collagen from other animal s.Fish collagen can be used as an alternative to replace
mammalian collagen, especially collagen extracted from bovine,
when we consider the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE), transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) and the foot -
and-mouth disease (FMD) issues. BSE and TSE are progressive
neurological disorders affecting cattles caused by proteinacious
infectious particles called prions.The study aims in producing collagen that has been extracted
from fish skin to replace other animal collagen so as to overcome the
problem of other animal collagen issues. Also the study utilized the
abandoned fish waste produced by fish processing industry since
bone, skin, fin and scales of fish can be a useful source of collagen. |