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Title Nutrient requirements of laboratory animals / Subcommittee on Laboratory Animal Nutrition, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1995.

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Edition 4th rev. ed.
Description 1 online resource (xii, 173 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Nutrient requirements of domestic animals
Nutrient requirements of domestic animals.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
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Subject Laboratory animals -- Feeding and feeds.
Laboratory animals -- Feeding and feeds.
Animals, Laboratory.
Animal Nutrition.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Laboratory Animal Nutrition.
Other Form: Print version: Nutrient requirements of laboratory animals. 4th rev. ed. Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1995 0309051266 (DLC) 94043585 (OCoLC)31605026
ISBN 058502748X (electronic book)
9780585027487 (electronic book)
9780309051262
0309051266
0309051266