Severe undernutrition in growing and adult animals

Abstract

Apart from its economic value, the domestic fowl is in many respects a convenient experimental animal. Studies of the effect of undernutrition on growing animals have, however, been mostly made on mammals and there is ample evidence that underfeeding results in a retardation of growth (Jackson, 1925). Drummond (1916) obtained similar results in chickens. As part of an investigation of the effects of prolonged undernutrition (McCance, 1960) its effect on the composition of both avian and mammalian tissues was studied. The results of the study on mammalian tissues