Table 1.

Composition of diets (g/kg)

	Long-Term Study		Short-Term Study
	Control	Ham	Control Low Salt (LoSaCo)	Hemin High Salt (Hemin)	Hemoglobin High Salt (Hemog)	Control High Salt (HiSaCo)	Ham High Salt (Ham2)
Ham	0	550	0	0	0	0	550
Beef	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hemin	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0
Hemoglobin	0	0	0	0	6.6	0	0
Lard	160	97	180	180	180	180	117
Safflower Oil	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
Caseina	500	127	450	450	443	450	77
Corn Starch	60	60	60	60	60	60	60
Sucrose	127	14	157	111	111	111	44
Cellulose	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
Methionine	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Mineral mixb	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
Vitamin mixb	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Choline bitartrate	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
CaHPO4.2H2O	2.7	2.35	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.35
Ferric Citrate	0.13	0	0.13	0.02	0.02	0.08	0
Sodium Phosphate	0	0	0	13.7	13.7	13.7	0
Sodium Nitrite	0	0	0	0.19	0.19	0.19	0
Sodium Chloride	0	0	0.54	33	33	33	0

^aLow-calcium casein

^bAIN76 mix, but 500g/kg of dibasic calcium phosphate replaced by sucrose in mineral mix.

^*Independent study