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A person feeding on meat, egg and milk only will suffer from

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Night blindness
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Scurvy
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Rickets
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Beri-beri
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Solution

The correct option is B Scurvy
A person who is exclusively feeding on meat, egg and milk is likely to suffer from scurvy. It occurs due to deficiency of vitamin C or ascorbic acid as meat, egg and milk are very poor sources of vitamin C.
so, the correct answer is 'Scurvy'

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