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RECORD NUMBER: 1796 OF 2602Main Title | Nutrient requirements of laboratory animals | |||||||||||
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Publisher | National Academy of Sciences, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1995 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 31605026 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0309051266 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Laboratory animals--Feeding and feeds | |||||||||||
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Edition | 4th rev. ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xii, 173 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | General considerations for feeding and diet formulation -- Factors affecting nutrient requirements -- Formulation of diet types -- Manufacture and storage procedures and other considerations -- Quality assurance and potential contaminants -- Dietary restriction -- Nutrient requirements of the laboratory rat -- Origin of the laboratory rat -- Growth and reproductive performance -- Estimation of nutrient requirements -- Energy -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Protein and amino acids -- Minerals -- Vitamins -- Potentially beneficial dietary constituents. Nutrient requirements of the mouse -- Genetic diversity -- Estimation of nutrient requirements -- Energy -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Protein and amino acids -- Minerals -- Vitamins -- Potentially beneficial dietary constituents -- Nutrient requirements of the guinea pig -- Behavioral and nutritional characteristics -- Growth and reproduction -- Estimation of nutrient requirements -- Energy -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Protein and amino acids -- Minerals -- Vitamins -- Potentially beneficial dietary constituents -- Nutrient requirements of the hamster. Biological and behavioral characteristics -- Examples of purified and natural-ingredient diets -- Water and energy -- Lipids -- Carbohydrates -- Protein and amino acids -- Minerals -- Vitamins -- Potentially beneficial dietary constituents -- Nutrient requirements of the gerbil -- Reproduction and development -- Energy and water -- Lipids -- Protein -- Minerals -- Vitamins -- Nutrient requirements of the vole -- Biological characteristics -- Husbandry and form of diet -- Protein and amino acids -- Minerals -- Vitamins. |