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THE purpose of this study was to learn the specific effect of diets containing medium and large amounts of vitamin A upon the digestive equipment of domestic animals, and of wild animals kept in captivity. Vitamin A has been found to be essential for the development and growth of young animals; quite characteristically it has been found to enhance metabolism and promote assimilation, and thus it is obvious that this very quality results in the promotion of growth and development, for the latter is based upon normal metabolism and the elimination of residual matter in the living body.
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WHEELER, H. Effect of High Vitamin A in the Diet of Domestic and Non-Domestic Animals. Nature 156, 238 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156238a0
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