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A young infant may be feeding entirely o...

A young infant may be feeding entirely on mother's milk, which is white in colour, but the stool, which the infant passes out is quite yellowish, what istiieyellow colourdueto the

A

bile pigments passed through bile juice

B

undigested milk protein casein

C

pancreatic juice poured into duodenum

D

intestinal juice.

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A
The yellow colour of the stool is due to bile pigments. These are present in the bile juice which is produced by liver and stored in the gall bladder. Bile pigments are excreted out in the faeces and given the faeces its yellow colour.
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