﻿UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1138 



Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER February, 1923 



VITAMIN B IN THE EDIBLE TISSUES OF THE 

 OX, SHEEP, AND HOG 



I. Vitamin B in the Voluntary Muscle 



II. Vitamin 8 in the Edible Viscera 



By 



RALPH HOAGLAND, Senior Biochemist, Biochemie Division, Bureau of Animal Industry 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Vitamin B In She die! 1 



I. Vitamin B In the voluntary mnscle 2 



Importance of meal as a food 2 



Previous investigations with meal ..<... 2 



Experimental work 4 



Discussion of results ..* 19 



Summary of Part I 2C 



II. Vitamin B in the edible viscera 21 



Importance of edible viscera as food 21 



Previous investigations with edible viscera 23 



Experimental work 23 



Summary of Part II 44 



Conclusions 46 



References to literature » 46 



WASHINGTON 



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1923 



