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Elliott and Crichton1 claimed that ‘bent-leg’ is of widespread distribution in Scotland. They found that cod-liver oil added daily to the diet of young rams less than a year old prevented the appearance of the rachitic condition. These observations were confirmed by Auchinachie and Fraser2 and by Dunlop3. Recent experimental work by Ewer4 has shown that the rachitic condition occurring in Welsh lambs brought to Cambridge could be prevented by the administration of a single dose of vitamin D2 (25 mgm. calciferol in 10 ml. arachis oil) given orally to each animal. The protective action of this large dose lasted approximately two months.
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Elliott, W., and Crichton, A., J. Agric. Sci., 16, 65 (1926).
Auchinachie, D. W., and Fraser, A. H. H., J. Agric. Sci., 22, 560 (1932).
Dunlop, G., Proc. Nutrit. Soc., 4, 69 (1946).
Ewer, T. K., Brit. J. Nutrit., 5, 287 (1951).
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DUNLOP, G. Rickets in Sheep. Nature 173, 453 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173453a0
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