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THE stimulating effect on chick growth of antibiotics given by mouth has been reported by Stokstad and Jukes1 and many other workers. Their finding has been confirmed at Reading2 on several occasions with a variety of diets including practical rations, but not at Greenford, where only practical rations were tested.
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Stokstad, E. L. R., and Jukes, T. H., Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol., N.Y. 73, 523 (1950).
Coates, M. E., Harrison, G. F., Kon, S. K., Mann, M. E., and Rose, C. D., Biochem. J., 48, xii (1951).
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COATES, M., DICKINSON, C., HARRISON, G. et al. Mode of Action of Antibiotics in Stimulating Growth of Chicks. Nature 168, 332 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168332a0
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