The Effect of Dietary Molybdenum Upon Growth, Hemoglobin, Reproduction and Lactation of Rats

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Abstract
Molybdenum as sodium molybdate was fed to weanling rats and to mature rats in order to study the effect of molybdenum upon growth and reproduction. The gain in weight of both sexes was retarded, but males were affected to a greater extent than females. Seventy-five percent of the males which were fed from weaning on a diet containing 80 and 140 p.p.m. of molybdenum were sterile. Limited histological examination showed some testicular degeneration. Fertility and gestation in females were not affected by the quantities of molybdenum fed, but there was some interference with normal lactation.