Riboflavin Deficiency in the Lamb

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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 Copyright © . .

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