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A Comparative Study of Rabbits Maintained on Barley or Alfalfa

(From The Chemical Laboratory of the Potter Metabolic Clinic, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, California)

There was no significant change in the plasma pH or CO₂ content of the blood of rabbits maintained on a barley diet for a period of nearly two years, as compared with rabbits on an alfalfa diet, the urinary acidity of the barley group ranging from pH 5.2 to 6.2, that of the alfalfa group from pH 8.2 to 9.5.

No pathological changes were noted for the seven rabbits maintained on alfalfa. Early death (16 to 23 months survival) with clear cut evidence of diet deficiency was noted for the barley diet, fatty change of the liver being present in three of six rabbits and a focal diffuse nephritis in one.

We are indebted to Miss Elsie Hill for the CO₂ analyses and to Doctor Albert H. Elliot for some of the histologic examinations.