Breeding, Growth and Resistance to Infection of Mice Fed on Six Natural Diets

Abstract

In their comprehensive review, ' Influence of nutrition in experimental infection ', Clark, McClung, Pinkerton, Price, Schneider & Trager (1949) noted that 'the great diversity of the experiments and the not infrequent inadequacy of controls, present such confusing and at times conflicting results that any attempt to generalize would seem premature'. They concluded that: 'Further efforts to unravel the snarled skein should continue.' This is a good summary of the present position.