Abstract
Summary
Guinea pigs fed a diet deficient in the anti-stiffness factor may ultimately develop inability to respond with the ear-flick to auditory stimuli. At the conclusion of the experiment, 28% of the deficient animals were deaf according to the ear-flick test, in contrast to 0% among the stock animals. It was possible to trace developing deafness according to the ear-flick test in a considerable number of animals maintained on a deficient diet during the experimental period of 7 months.
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