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SINCE the advent of commercially available automatic gas sterilizers the use of ethylene oxide for the sterilization of various materials and products has increased. Limitations in the use of this method have been reported, particularly in the sterilization of animal diets where certain vitamins and essential amino-acids are destroyed1–3.
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ALLEN, R., MEIER, H. & HOAG, W. Ethylene Glycol produced by Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and its Effect on Blood-clotting Factors in an Inbred Strain of Mice. Nature 193, 387–388 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193387a0
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