Utilization of Vitamin A by Turkey Poults I. Crystalline Carotene, Crystalline Vitamin A Acetate and “Black Cod” Liver Oil
- 1 August 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 41 (4), 565-582
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/41.4.565
Abstract
The comparative utilization of carotene and of two forms of vitamin A by turkey poults up to 8 weeks of age was studied in two series of feeding tests. Gain in body weight and the amount of vitamin A present in the liver were employed as indices of utilization. Vitamin A in the blood plasma and yellow pigments in both liver and blood plasma were also determined. The results of these studies permit the following conclusions:Keywords
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