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No report has been found of the ability of the rat to transfer ingested vitamin D to the milk. The ability to do this is known to be limited in the human being1,2,3,4, in the cow5,6 and in the ewe7. An accidental and most unfortunate experience in this laboratory has provided a certain amount of information on the transmission of vitamin D from the diet to the milk of the rat.
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EMBLETON, J., COLLINGS, A. Transference of Vitamin D from the Female Rat to Her Young. Nature 159, 340–341 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159340a0
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