The Effect of Antibiotics on Growth of Animals (ReportVII-I)

The influence of aureomycin, vitamin B₁₂ and vitamin B₆ on growth and protein utilization of rat

Abstract

Eight kinds of diet were made by adding to the basal diet 8mg% of aureomycin, 3γ% Vitamin B₁₂, 0.4mg% Vitamin B₆, solely or combined with each other.
The results of feeding young albino rats on these diets for 4 weeks were that the Vitamin B₆ group increased the protein deposition in carcass, while Vitamin B₁₂ group increased the fat deposition in carcass.