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Uptake of Small Resin Particles by the Alimentary Canal of the Calf

Nature volume 189, pages 494–495 (1961)Cite this article

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THE demonstration by Payne, Sansom, Garner, Thomson and Miles1 that small resin particles can penetrate the wall of the alimentary tract of the calf is clear, but their claim that similar processes may be of nutritional significance is open to doubt.

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  1. Payne, J. M., Sansom, B. F., Garner, R. J., Thomson, A. R., and Miles, B. J., Nature, 188, 586 (1960).

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FISHER, R. Uptake of Small Resin Particles by the Alimentary Canal of the Calf. Nature 189, 494–495 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189494a0

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