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1. At early ages, added dietary ascorbic acid did not affect growth or femur mineralisation of poults. In poults after 8 and 12 weeks, femur mass was reduced by 3000 mg ascorbic acid per kg diet.
2. Plasma calcium and magnesium were not influenced differently by 1000, 4000 and 16,000 IU vitamin A/kg diet, but plasma phosphorus was decreased by the 16,000 level.
3. Vitamin A at 1000 or 16,000 IU/kg diet reduced growth in both sexes to 12 weeks of age compared with the NRC recommended 4000 IU/kg diet. In males, the growth retardation continued to 18 weeks.
4. Vitamin A at 16,000 IU/kg reduced femur development as measured by femur weight to body weight or to femur length ratios.
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Journal Paper No. J‐8305 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa. Project No. 1976.