Table 1.

Composition of Experimental Diets

Ingredient	Control diet (g/kg)	ABA diet (g/kg)
Casein	200	200
L-cystine	3	3
Corn Starch	397.5	397.5
Maltodextrin	132	132
Sucrose	100	100
Cellulose	50	50
Mineral mix (AIN-93) 1	35	35
Vitamin mix (AIN-93) 2	10	10
Choline bitartrate	2.5	2.5
Tert- butylhydroquinone 3	0.014	0.014
Soybean Oil	70	70
Abscisic acid 3	0	0.1

¹Per kg of diet: 3 g nicotinic acid, 1.6 g calcium pantotenate, 0.7 g pyridoxine HCl, 0.6 g thiamin HCl, 0.6 g riboflavin, 0.2 g folic acid, 0.02 g D-biotin, 2.5 g vitamin B₁₂ (0.1% in mannitol), 15 g d,l-α tocopheryl acetate (500 IU/g), 0.8 g vitamin A palmitate (500,000 IU/g), 0.2 g vitamin D₃ (cholecalciferol, 500,000 IU/g), 0.075 g vitamin K (phylloquinone), and 974.705 g sucrose.

²Per kg of diet: 357 g calcium carbonate, 196 g potassium phosphate monobasic, 70.78 g potassium citrate, 74 g sodium chloride, 46.6 g potassium sulfate, 24.3 g magnesium oxide, 6.06 g ferric citrate, 1.65 g zinc carbonate, 0.63 g manganous carbonate, 0.31 g cupric carbonate, 0.01 g potassium iodate, 0.01025 g sodium selenate, 0.00795 g ammonium paramolybdate, 1.45 g sodium meta-silicate, 0.275 g chromium potassium

³Abscisic acid (ABA), or (2-cis,4-trans)-5-(1-Hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethyl-4-oxo-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-methyl-2,4-pentadienoic acid, was added as a 50:50 mixture of the (S)-5 and (R)-5 isomers (Sigma).