[Effect of a food ration unbalanced in fats on the growing body]

Subject to study was the influence of fats differing in their composition on the growing organism of weaned rattlings. An elevated proportion of sunflower oil on the growth and survival of rattlings was found to produce an adverse effect. An autopsy on the 21st day from the outset of tests revealed macro- and microscopically also the affection of the kidneys. In the course of examinations evidence was obtained that at the root of the renal lesion lie changes occurring during the development of the A vitamin deficiency.