Table 3.

Composition of experimental diets (g/kg diet)

¹⁾See Table 2.

²⁾Mineral mix (AIN-93G-MIX) (g/kg mixture) : anhydrous calcium carbonate, 357; monobasic potassium phosphate, 196; sodium chloride, 74; potassium sulfate, 46.6; tripotassium citrate monohydrate, 70.78; magnesium oxide, 24; ferric citrate, 6.06; zinc carbonate, 1.65; manganous carbonate, 0.63; cupric carbonate, 0.3; potassium iodate, 0.01; anhydrous sodium selenate, 0.01025; ammoniumparamolybdate 4-hydrate, 0.00795; sodium metasilicate 9-hydrate, 1.45; chromium potassium sulfate 12-hydrate, 0.275; boric acid, 0.0815; sodium fluoride, 0.0635; nickel carbonate, 0.0318; lithium chloride, 0.0174; ammonium vanadate, 0.0066; powered sucrose 221.026

³⁾Vitamin mix (AIN-93-VX) (g/kg mixture) : Niacin 3, Calcium Pantothenate 1.60, Pyridoxine HCl 0.70, Thiamine HCl 0.60, Riboflavin 0.60, Folic Acid 0.20, Biotin 0.02, Vitamin E Acetate (500 IU/g) 15, Vitamin B12 (0.1%) 2.50, Thitamin A Palmitate (500,000 IU/g) 0.80, Vitamin D3 (400,000 IU/g) 0.25, Vitamin K1/Dextrose Mix (10 mg/g) 7.50, Sucrose 967.23