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Body weight, feeding and rates of growth were monitored and eight pairs of animals were taken for analysis at 45, 69, 93, 117 and 141 h. Riboflavin status was monitored by determining the erythrocyte glutathione reductase activation coefficient (EGRAC), and hepatic flavins were measured by a fluorescence assay. Changes to the number and dimensions of villi and crypts in the duodenum were determined, as well as crypt division (bifurcation) and the DNA synthesis index of the crypt epithelium by bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labelling. Riboflavin deficiency was established in the experimental rats, as demonstrated by a significant increase in EGRAC after 45 h (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0\u00b7001) and decreased liver flavins after 96 h (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0\u00b7001). After 96 h a significant increase in the size and cellularity of the crypts (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0\u00b7001 in both cases) was seen in these riboflavin-deficient animals, with a decreased incidence of bifurcating crypts and of BrdU-labelled cells. No changes to villus number or size were observed. The present study has demonstrated that developmental changes to the duodenal crypt arise shortly after circulating riboflavin measurements show evidence of deficiency. 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