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De Meillon and Golberg1 reported that early nymphs of O. moubata when fed on thiamin-deficient rats display a retardation of growth as compared with nymphs fed on rats given a full diet. Since that time, the ticks have been reared to maturity and the following results obtained.
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De Meillon, B., and Golberg, L., Nature, 158, 269 (1946).
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DE MEILLON, B., GOLBERG, L. Development of Ornithodorus moubata on Normal and Thiamin-deficient Rats. Nature 159, 171 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159171b0
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