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J. Anim Sci. 1950. 9:420-425.
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Riboflavin Deficiency in the Lamb1

R. W. Luecke, R. Culik2, F. Thorp, Jr., L. H. Blakeslee and R. H. Nelson3

Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

Little information is available concerning the requirement of the suckling lamb for specific nutrients. Madsen et al. (1935) were able to maintain sheep successfully on a synthetic diet for a period of 48o days. However, the purified diet technique used successfully with the calf and pig has so far not been attempted in the case of the suckling lamb. In the case of the calf it was found that deficiencies of biotin, riboflavin and thiamine could be produced using a synthetic milk (Wiese et al., 1946, 1947; and Johnson et al., 1948 ).

From a qualitative standpoint, it might be expected that the B vitamin requirements of the calf and lamb would be similar. However, since the lamb in relation to its birth weight grows more rapidly than the calf, it is also possible that the quantitative B vitamin requirement may be higher in the case of the lamb

Footnotes

1 Published with the approval of the Director of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station as Journal Article No. 1146.

2 Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Graduate Studies, Michigan State College, East Lansing.

3 Departments of Agricultural Chemistry, Animal Husbandry and Animal Pathology, Michigan State College, East Lansing. The authors are indebted to Merck & Co., Inc. and Lederle Laboratories Division, American Cyanamid Co. for the B vitamins used in the experiment.






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