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Interactions between Zinc, Vitamins A and D and Hormones in the Regulation of Growth

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Nutrient Regulation during Pregnancy, Lactation, and Infant Growth

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Abstract

The essentiality of zinc for normal growth of young mammals was one of the first deficiency characteristics to be recorded. The decline in growth is severe and rapid and is accompanied by a simultaneous reduction in appetite. Although a portion of the decline in growth can be attributed to diminished voluntary food intake, pair-feeding and force-feeding experiments have shown a decline in food efficiency independent of the appetite phenomenon (Chesters and Quarterman, 1970). Moreover, comprehensive studies by Lucille Hurley and colleagues (1980) have shown that zinc deprivation during gestation results in a large number of teratogenic outcomes. Thus, the clinical manifestations of zinc deficiency reflect a wide range of metabolic roles for this ion.

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Bunce, G.E. (1994). Interactions between Zinc, Vitamins A and D and Hormones in the Regulation of Growth. In: Allen, L., King, J., Lönnerdal, B. (eds) Nutrient Regulation during Pregnancy, Lactation, and Infant Growth. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 352. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2575-6_23

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