Table 1 |
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Composition of experimental diets |
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Ingredients |
Diets |
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Se-D/MC |
Se-M/MC |
Se-N/MC |
Se-N/NC |
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g/kg diet |
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Torula Yeast |
400 |
400 |
400 |
400 |
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Non-nutritive fibre |
150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
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Cornstarch |
142 |
142 |
142 |
142 |
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Mineral mix1 |
90 |
90 |
90 |
90 |
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Sucrose |
73.1 |
73.1 |
73.1 |
73.1 |
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Stripped corn oil2 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
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Dextrinised starch |
51.9 |
51.9 |
51.9 |
51.9 |
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Vitamin mix3 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
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Choline chloride |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
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L-methionine |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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L-arginine |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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DL-α-tocopherol acetate4 |
40 |
40 |
40 |
40 |
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Se5 |
0 |
0.05 |
0.20 |
0.20 |
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L-ascorbic acid6 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
2.4 |
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1 Dyets no 200151 salt mix for Reid-Briggs guinea pig diet. 2 Containing 0.2 mg Tert-butylhydroquinone/g stripped corn oil. 3 Dyets no 300151 vitamin mix for Reid-Briggs guinea pig diet (Vitamin E omitted). 4 IU/kg diet; added via stripped corn oil. 5 mg/kg diet; added as Na2SeO4. 6 mg L-ascorbic acid/100 g body weight. |
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Bertinato et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:7 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-7 |
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