Table 1.

Preparation of rat milk formula

Components
Evaporated milk,1 ml	695
Bovine serum albumin,2 g	36
Intralipid 20% i.v. fat emulsion,3 ml	292
Almond oil, ml	10
Teklad vitamin mixture CA 40060,4g	4
Supplemental vitamin mixture,5 g	0.56
Salt mixture solution,6 ml	10
Noncalcium mineral mixture,7 g	6
Calcium lactate solution (40 g/l), ml	10
CaCO3 solution (40 g/l), ml	10
CuSO4 solution (30 g/l), ml	0.57
ZnSO4 solution (380 g/l), ml	0.07

¹Carnation (Nestle, Solon, OH);

²Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO;

³Baxter, Deerfield, IL;

⁴Harlan Laboratories, Madison, WI;

⁵16.7 g/kg riboflavin, 26.0 g/kg niacin, 13.9 g/kg pyridoxal, 929.4 g/kg inositol, and 14.0 g/kg ascorbic acid sodium salt;

⁶257 g/l NaCl and 7 g/l KCl in distilled water;

⁷842 g/kg Na₂HPO₄, 152 g/kg MgSO₄, 4 g/kg FeSO₄ · 7H₂O, 0.29 g/kg KI, 0.246 g/kg NaF, 0.156 g/kg AlSO₄, and 0.042 g/kg MnSO₄.