Table 1.

Composition of Purified Diets^a

Constituent	g/kg diet
Casein (vitamin-free)b	140
Corn starchb	465.7
Dextrose monohydrateb	255
Cellulose fiberb	50
Corn-oil, tocopherol strippedc	40
AIN Mineral mixb	35
L-Cystineb	1.8
Choline bitartrateb	2.5
AIN Vitamin mix without vitamin Eb	10
dl-α-tocopherol acetated	10 or 250 mg/kg

^asimilar to diet described by Reeves et al. (Reeves et al., 1993).

^bTeklad Test Diets, Madison, WI.

^cAcros Organics, Geel, Belgium.

^dSigma Chemical, St. Louis, MO.