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Cardiac calcification and lipid changes in the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus texianus)

Creator:

Pendell, Herschel Walden

Abstract:

The purpose of this thesis was (1) to determine a dietary regimen which would produce the greatest incidence of cardiac calcification in the cotton rat and (2) to determine the fatty acid composition of heart tissue. Maximum incidence of cardiac calcification occurred from feeding torula yeast ration supplemented with 0.5%...

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Masters Thesis

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Cardiac calcification and lipid changes in the cotton rat