Journal of Nutrition

Home Help [Feedback] [For Subscribers] [Archive] [Search] [Contents]
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Journal of Nutrition Vol. 73 No. 3 March 1961, pp. 317-320
Copyright © 1961 by American Society for Nutrition
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Friend, D. W.
Right arrow Articles by Crampton, E. W.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Friend, D. W.
Right arrow Articles by Crampton, E. W.

The Adverse Effect of Raw Whale Liver on the Breeding Performance of Female Mink1

D. W. Friend and E. W. Crampton

Department of Nutrition, Macdonald College (McGill University) Province of Quebec, Canada

In an experiment in which rations containing codfish and whale products were fed to breeding mink, increasing to 10% from 5% the quantity of whale liver in the ration resulted in a significantly greater number of unsuccessful pregnancies. It is postulated that the quantity of vitamin A derived from the higher level of whale liver was sufficient to have provoked a hypervitaminosis A, which adversely affected the reproductive ability of the female mink.

1 Research conducted in cooperation with the Department of Mines and Resources, Government of Newfoundland, and supported by a grant from the Canada Department of Agriculture for extramural research.

Manuscript received 19 September 1960.




Home Help [Feedback] [For Subscribers] [Archive] [Search] [Contents]