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Journal of Nutrition Vol. 34 No. 3 September 1947, pp. 295-300
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The Growth-Promoting Action of Cellulose in Purified Diets for Chicks1

Frank Davis and George M. Briggs

Department of Poultry Husbandry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

The addition of 5%, 10% and 15% of cellulose to a purified chick diet free of fiber but complete in all known nutrients resulted in a significant increase in growth. Additions of cellulose at levels ranging from 20% through 50% resulted in retarded growth but there was practically no mortality in these groups under the experimental conditions described. Possible reasons for the growth-promoting effect of cellulose are discussed.

1 Scientific paper no. A165. Contribution no. 2060 of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (Department of Poultry Husbandry).

Manuscript received 15 May 1947.




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