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G B GARNER

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Effect of dietary nitrate on thyroid function.

Experimental results indicate that 0.31 and 0.92 percent dietary nitrate, when consumed by rats and sheep respectively, can affect the normal iodine metabolism of the thyroid gland. The dietary level of iodine appears to be highly important when nitrate is present in the diet.

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Effect of some steroid compounds on ovine rumen function.

(i) Stilbestrol (10 or 20 ppm) increased cellulose digestion by ovine rumen microorganisms in vitro and in vivo but could not be tolerated by wethers at these high levels. (ii) Cholesterol and estrone increased cellulose digestion by rumen microorganisms in vitro (8).

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