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AT the Sigatoka Agricultural Station in the Fiji Islands, it had been noted that an occasional baby piglet was born exhibiting symptoms of muscular weakness and inco-ordination in one or more legs. These piglets were born in litters from both pure and cross-bred sows and gilts of the Tamworth, Berkshire and Large White breeds.
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PAYNE, W. A Possible Vitamin E Deficiency occurring in a Herd of Pigs fed Standard Rations in the Tropics. Nature 183, 828–829 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183828a0
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