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Skeletal changes in pregnancy and lactation 253fed rats.The spleens of rats with lower calcium intakes showed a weight gain during gestation which disappeared during the subsequent lactation.7. Fertility of the dam and mothering instinct were not impaired, even in severe calcium deficiency.The weight of the young at birth and the number of young in a litter were not affected by the level of calcium intake by the dam.Weaning weights of young from severely deficient dams were lower.
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