Nature of Eimeria nieschulzi-Growth Promoting Potency of Feeding Stuffs 4. Riboflavin and Nicotinic Acid

Authors

Elery R. Becker, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Observations on the effect of certain vitamins on the multiplication of Eimeria nieschulzi in its rat host have indicated that under certain conditions the infection may be significantly modified by feeding these materials. Vitamin B₁ had a moderately restraining effect on the development of the parasite, vitamin B₆ strongly enhanced its growth, while the two vitamins fed together limited its increment considerably more stringently than vitamin B₁ alone (Becker and Dilworth, 1941). Pantothenic acid, like vitamin B₆, enhanced the coccidium-growth-promoting potency of the otherwise unsupplemented ration, and neutralized the growth-inhibiting properties exhibited by the combination of vitamins B₁ and B₆ (Becker and Smith, 1942). The present study on the effects of riboflavin and nicotinic acid supplements to a particular ration were made in further prosecution of the general problems.

Publication Date

1942

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

49

Issue

1

First Page

503

Last Page

506

Copyright

©1942 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Becker, Elery R. (1942) "Nature of Eimeria nieschulzi-Growth Promoting Potency of Feeding Stuffs 4. Riboflavin and Nicotinic Acid," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 49(1), 503-506.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol49/iss1/97