Journal of Nutrition Vol. 20 No. 3 September 1940, pp. 239-241
Copyright © 1940 by American Society for Nutrition
The Minimum Requirement of Thiamin for the Growing Pig1
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E. H. Hughes
Division of Animal Husbandry, College of Agriculture, University of California, Davis
Using a purified diet and with growth rate and muscle assay as the criteria, the minimum requirement of thiamin chloride hydrochloride appears to be about 1 mg. for 100 pounds of growing pig daily.
1 The experimental work reported in this paper became cooperative with the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, July 1, 1938.
Manuscript received 6 May 1940.