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CONGENITAL porphyria in animals was first described by Fourie and Rimington1, who found the condition in cattle in South Africa. The most striking features of the disease are the colour of the bones due to the deposition of uroporphyrin and other pigments, and the excretion of considerable amounts of porphyrin in urine and faeces. The finding of such pigmented bones in cattle and swine in slaughterhouses has been reported from time to time (for review see ref. 2), but so far as we are aware no living domestic animals other than South African cattle have been available for study.
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Fourie and Rimington, NATURE, 140, 68 (1937).
Fourie, Onderstepoort J. Vet. Sci., 7, 535 (1936).
Fourie, Onderstepoort J. Vet. Sci., 13, 383 (1939).
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CLARE, N., STEPHENS, E. Congenital Porphyria in Pigs. Nature 153, 252–253 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153252b0
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