- Nutritionally-balanced
- Volatile ingredients can be included
- Easily prepared
- Provides stable nutrients
- Shipped in dry form to simplify storage, shipping and stability
- Minimal foaming
- Fully suspended
- Stabilized against microbial growth
Vitamin-free casein, olive oil, maltodextrin, dried corn syrup, soy fiber, corn oil, suspension colloid, safflower oil, L-cystine, DL-methionine, vitamin A acetate, cholecalciferol, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite (source of vitamin K), fumaric acid, citric acid, propionic acid, ascorbic acid, potassium sorbate, cyanocobalamin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, nicotinic acid, choline chloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, inositol, paminobenzoic acid, biotin, calcium acetate, calcium phosphate, potassium phosphate, sodium phosphate, magnesium sulfate, sodium chloride, manganese sulfate, ferrous fumarate, zinc chloride, cupric sulfate, chromium chloride, sodium fluoride, ammonium molybdate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite.
| Nutrient |
Min/Max |
Amount |
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|
16.00 |
|
|
15.00 |
|
|
10.00 |
|
|
5.00 |
Diet consumption will vary according to animal size and sex. An average rat should consume about 74-109 grams of liquid diet (17-25 grams dry diet) daily. The growth rate of rats maintained on this diet should be similar to that attained by young rats (55-100 grams) maintained on a good quality, nonpurified rodent diet. Mice should consume at least 20 grams of liquid diet per day. Allow new animals an adequate period of time to adjust to their surroundings. After they have adjusted, introduce the liquid diet gradually by offering some of the liquid diet while the regular diet is still present. Gradually decrease the amount of regular diet offered while increasing the amount of liquid diet over a 3-5 day period. Additional time for adjustment may be necessary for the ethanol diets. Prepare the diet as frequently as needed and always refrigerate to minimize loss of nutrients. Fresh diet should be prepared at least every 4 days. Although the diet may be bacteriologically sound for a longer period of time, diet more than 4 days old may have deteriorated nutritionally. Before using diet which has been prepared on a previous day, check to ensure all of the ingredients are in suspension. Remix if necessary. Additional water may be provided in separate drinking tubes, but may not be consumed.