Table 1.
Composition of experimental diets
| Ingredients (g/1000 g diet) |
Group |
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| G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | |
| Brewers’ rice | - | - | 100.0 | 200.0 | 400.0 |
| Corn starch | 397.5 | 397.5 | 315.3 | 233.2 | 68.9 |
| Casein | 200.0 | 200.0 | 191.0 | 182.0 | 164.0 |
| Maltodextrin | 132.0 | 132.0 | 132.0 | 132.0 | 132.0 |
| Sucrose | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Soybean oil | 70.0 | 70.0 | 68.1 | 66.1 | 62.2 |
| Powdered cellulose | 50.0 | 50.0 | 44.7 | 39.4 | 28.7 |
| AIN-93G mineral mix | 35.0 | 35.0 | 33.4 | 31.9 | 28.8 |
| AIN-93G vitamin mix | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| L-cystine | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Choline bitartrate | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| tert-butylhydroquinone | 0.014 | 0.014 | 0.014 | 0.014 | 0.014 |
G1 and G2: AIN-93G diet; G3: AIN-93G diet containing 10% (w/w) of brewers’ rice; G4: AIN-93G diet containing 20% (w/w) of brewers’ rice; G5: AIN-93G diet containing 40% (w/w) of brewers’ rice.