The golden hamster is a relatively new animal in the experimental field. Its principle use has been in the study of virus diseases and more recently in poliomyelitis. In addition, the hamster appeared to possess desirable features for nutritional studies. Research was therefore begun in this laboratory on nutrition of...
During the routine determination of the vitamin contents of dehydrated foods, it was observed that nicotine acid values were often lower than expected. The methods of extraction of the food samples were therefore studied, together with the manner of preparation of the assay medium in an effort to secure optimum...