“…and cows (233) fed supplementary carotene. This effect is not noticed on sheep, and may even be the reverse as regards liver stor age(74).Selenium decreases carotene utilization and storageof preformed vitamin A in rats, but does not influence car otene storage(12).Vitamin A deficiency in rats has been suspected(151) as leading to scorbutic symptoms which could be cured by vitamin C. This relationship could not be corroborated by information obtained from the dairy cow(55), although blood ascorbic acid does decline in terminal vitamin A de ficiency. The accompanying anorexia cannot be alleviated by ascorbic acid administration.…”