REJUVENATION OF ANIMALS
DR VOROHOFF'S CLAIM
REPORT BY EXPERTS
LONDON, February 18.
Dr Voronoff’s claim that he can effect rejuvenation of live stock is possibly justified, says the report of the committee of experts of the Board of Agriculture after making inquiries in Algeria. The evidence, however, is not based on critical experimentation, and the data are at present insufficient to warrant an estimate of the economic value; and it is still questionable whether the method will become of considerable importance to the Empire. The claim to an increase of wool and body weight of rams is supported by figures and sheep shown; but the conditions under which the experiments are made preclude the possibility of forming a critical opinion whether the direct economic advantages are negligible. The claim that improved characteristics shown by rams after experiments are transmitted to their offspring involves the acceptance of the principle of hereditv, and is not substantiated in the realm of science. The report suggests further and more critical tests in Britain.
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Evening Star, Issue 19795, 20 February 1928, Page 4
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169REJUVENATION OF ANIMALS Evening Star, Issue 19795, 20 February 1928, Page 4
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