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Chicks fed a diet containing a high percentage of galactose develop violent spasms and die within few days. There is a high content of galactose in the blood during the spasms but about normal blood glucose. Muscle glycogen is about normal but liver glycogen nearly zero. The mechanism of the disorder is not yet clear.
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