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Summary
A dietary level of 20 ppm of dieldrin increased growth in rats raised on rations containing low levels of thiamine, or conversely, the low dietary intake of thiamine produced a smaller growth depression in rats ingesting dieldrin. There was a marked variation among litters in their response to the nutritional stress and the dieldrin produced a more pronounced response in those litters which were more susceptible to the thiamine deficiency stress.
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