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Seven different choline deficient diets were fed to young rats and guinea pigs. While each of these diets resulted in fatty liver formation in the rats, in no instance was there observed an appreciable accumulation of fat in the guinea pig livers. This fact has been correlated with the lack of hepatic choline oxidase activity in the guinea pig as compared to all species which have, to date, been found susceptible to dietary choline deficiency.
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