The water-soluble B-vitamins other than aneurin (vitamin B1), riboflavin and nicotinic acid required by the pig

Abstract

FROM the results of previous work [Birch et al. 1937; Chick et al. 1938, 1, 2] it was concluded that young pigs could be reared successfully on a diet of maize and purified casein with the addition of a suitable salt mixture, provided that nicotinic acid were also given. Similar experiments made on rats showed that the addition of nicotinic acid was not required for this species [Chick et al. 1938, 2].