Effect of Cortisone and of Aureomycin on Baby Pigs Fed a Vitamin B 12 -Deficient Diet

Abstract

Summary

A vit. B₁₂ deficiency has been produced in baby pigs fed an alpha-protein “synthetic milk” diet. The addition of aureo-mycin to this diet, either before or after the deficiency state existed, did not give a beneficial response. The injection of 20 mg of cortisone daily into vit. B₁₂-deficient pigs enhanced the deficiency state rather than having any curative effect.