Abstract
Summary
Rigid exclusion of essential fatty acids from the diet of young swine leads to a deficiency disease not characterized by consistent or early skin lesions. The severity of the dietary regime imposed caused high mortality, but of the 8 pigs that survived beyond the normal weanling age, skin lesions were observed in one and aortic lesions in 5, at or before 98 days on experiment. The data suggest that essential fatty acids are required by swine and that deficiency of essential fatty acids may lead to impairment of the arterial wall.
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