The Role of Liver in Growth, Reproduction and Lactation

Authors

H. Gregg Smith, State University of IowaFollow
Walter H. Seegers, State University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Alcohol-extracted beef liver was fed to albino rats as the only source of protein in a ration adequate in the recognized factors necessary for normal nutrition, the vitamins being supplied by yeast, cod liver oil and hydrogenated cottonseed oil (Crisco) ; the latter furnished the fat of the basal diet. The ration was found to be inadequate for optimum growth, reproduction and lactation. Supplementing the basal diet with 0.5 g. of raw liver or replacing the extracted-liver of the basal diet with whole dried liver greatly increased the growth rate and improved lactation.

Publication Date

1933

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

40

Issue

1

First Page

109

Last Page

110

Copyright

©1933 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Smith, H. Gregg and Seegers, Walter H. (1933) "The Role of Liver in Growth, Reproduction and Lactation," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 40(1), 109-110.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol40/iss1/48