Abstract
HIGGINS, Richert and Westerfeld (1956) observed normal development in chicks which received a purified casein diet containing approximately 0.02 mg. molybdenum per kg. of diet. An apparent molybdenum deficiency, however, was produced by feeding sodium tungstate. Tungstate feeding decreased growth rate, xanthine dehydrogenase activity and uric acid excretion, all of which were reversed by the addition of molybdenum to the diet.Reid et al. (1956) reported that chicks and turkey poults responded to additional dietary molybdenum when fed a purified diet containing isolated soybean protein. Further results by Kurnick et al. (1957) and Reid et al. (1957) indicated that tissue xanthine dehydrogenase activity as well as growth rate was increased by molybdenum supplementation of the basal diet.Using practical and purified diets, Teekel and Watts (1959) observed no beneficial effect from molybdenum supplementation when the chicks came from dams which received a regular diet. However, when the dams received a …
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