Table 1.

Composition of experimental diets

Ingredients	Diets
	Se-D/MC	Se-M/MC	Se-N/MC	Se-N/NC
	g/kg diet
Torula Yeast	400	400	400	400
Non-nutritive fibre	150	150	150	150
Cornstarch	142	142	142	142
Mineral mix1	90	90	90	90
Sucrose	73.1	73.1	73.1	73.1
Stripped corn oil2	73	73	73	73
Dextrinised starch	51.9	51.9	51.9	51.9
Vitamin mix3	10	10	10	10
Choline chloride	4	4	4	4
L-methionine	3	3	3	3
L-arginine	3	3	3	3
DL-α-tocopherol acetate4	40	40	40	40
Se5	0	0.05	0.20	0.20
L-ascorbic acid6	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.4

¹ Dyets no 200151 salt mix for Reid-Briggs guinea pig diet.

² Containing 0.2 mg Tert-butylhydroquinone/g stripped corn oil.

³ Dyets no 300151 vitamin mix for Reid-Briggs guinea pig diet (Vitamin E omitted).

⁴ IU/kg diet; added via stripped corn oil.

⁵ mg/kg diet; added as Na₂SeO₄.

⁶ mg L-ascorbic acid/100 g body weight.