Table 2.

The composition of the experimental diets (unit:g/kg diet)

¹⁾See Table 1.

²⁾AIN -93M mineral mixture (g/kg mixture) : calcium carbonate 357.00, potassium phosphate monobasic 250.00, potassium citrate H₂O 28.00, sodium chloride 74.00, potassium sulfate 46.60, magnesium oxide 24.00, ferric citrate U.S.P. 6.06, zinc carbonate 1.65, manganous carbonate 0.63, cupric carbonate 0.30, potassium iodate 0.01, sodium selenate 0.01025, ammonium paramolybdate 4H₂O 0.00795, sodium metasilicate 9H₂O 1.45, chromium potassium sulfate 12H₂O 0.275, lithium chloride 0.0174 boric acid, 0.0815 sodium fluoride 0.0635, nickel carbonate 0.0318, ammonium vanadate 0.0066 and sucrose finely powdered 209.806

³⁾AIN -93 vitamin mixture (g/kg mixture) : niacin 3.00, 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) 15.00, vitamin B12 (0.1%) 2.50, vitamin 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 and sucrose 967.23