Abstract
Summary
Weanling male rats were maintained on the U.S.P. rachitogenic diet, with and without chlortetracycline supplementation, for a period of 35 days. Representative animals were sacrificed at intervals and the femurs removed, extracted and ashed under comparable conditions. The resulting data show that incorporation of 1 g chlortetracycline per kg in the rachitogenic diet slowed the rate of mineral depletion from the bones (femurs) as measured by the conventional bone-ash procedure.
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