Abstract
THE riboflavin requirements of the chick and the consequences of riboflavin deficiency have been fairly well established by Lepkovsky and Jukes (1936). Jukes (1938) found that the riboflavin requirements of chicks and turkey poults for maximum growth were about the same. Later work has substantially confirmed this observation, the requirements of chicks being about 250 micrograms of riboflavin per 100 grams of feed (Bethke and Record, 1942) and that of the turkey poult 270 (Patrick et al. 1944).The consequences of riboflavin deficiency in the turkey poult are not as well established as in the chicken. Lepkovsky and Jukes (1936) found that a dermatitis developed in riboflavin-deficient turkey poults, and Jukes (1938) later confirmed this observation. No paralysis was observed by these investigators. Patrick, Darrow, and Morgan (1944) did not find dermatitis in their riboflavin-deficient poults, but did find it in biotin-deficient poults. This raised the question of whether or .
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