Abstract
Summary
A large percentage of chicks fed a laboratory diet of dried skimmilk, dextrinized corn starch, cod liver oil, and mineral salts develop a generalized edema and die. The most consistent post mortem finding is edema of the heart and pericardium. This disease can be prevented by administration in cod liver oil of synthetic d,1-alpha tocopherol. The disease has not been observed in any chicks fed practical rations.
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