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Summary
Growing rats were fed tissue from lambs or butterfat from cows that had consumed DDT-dusted alfalfa hay as part of their diets for 12 to 16 weeks. The concentration of DDT varied from .1 to 30 ppm. on a dry basis. No significant differences in food consumption, rate of growth, or tissue change could be detected by gross and microscopi examination in the rats fed the highest am lowest levels of DDT. High concentrations of DDT in the diet of rats gave the greates storage of it in their body fat.
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