50. DIETS: LABORATORY AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS (Continued) 



Diets have been selected from a large number of poBsible diets. They are not necesBarHy optlnal, nor do they 

 suit all iii5»rtant conditions and feeding purposes. Consult texts on feeding (see blblio.) for more detailed 

 information. Unless otherwise indicated, valnes in col. E are grams /lOO g (or Ib/lOO lb) of ration. 



Species 



lEL 



Age 



ISE 



Body 

 Weight 



1^ 



nr 



Dally Food 

 Intakel 



g/kg body v/t 



HT 



Diet 



g/lOO g 



HE 



Rat (concluded) 



litS 



15c 



White 



1-6 



0.18 



58 



Casein, 55; com starch, 57; lard, 15; butter fat, 9; 

 No. k salt mixture, 1* (composed of CaCOj, 15'*. 8 g; 

 NagCOj, 5"*. 2 g; MgCOj, 24.2 g; KgCO,, l5l.5 g; HjPOlt, 

 105.2 g; HCl, 55 g; H2SO1., 9.2 g; citric acid HgO, 

 111 g; Fe citrate HgOx, 6.5 g; KI, 0.02 g; MnSOlj, 

 0.079 g; NaT, 0.2l*8 g; K2Al2(S0^)^, O.O2U5 g) . To in 

 duce rapid growth of U or more grams per day, 0,2-0.6 

 g of yeast and 20-30 g of fresh lettuce added daily. 



Sheep 



Bred eves, first 100 days 

 of gestation 



1*5 



1-53 

 11-55 



III-60 



Di6t I: Red clover hay, U5; timothy hay, 55. 

 Diet II: Prairie hay, 57; alfalfa hay, U5, 

 Diet III: Soybean hay, l>h; corn silage, 66. 



155 



Ewes in lactation 



1*9 

 54 

 6k 



1-66 



11-51 



III-50 



Diet I: Com silage, 55; alfalfa hay, 28; linseed 



meal, 2.8; barley, 15. 8. 



•Diet II: Corn silage, 33; linseed meal, 1.6; timothy 



hay, 2U.5; alfalfa hay, 50; barley, 11.5. 



Diet III: Alfalfa hay, kk; corn silage, 55; barley, 



21. 



L6C 



32 



Fattening lambs 



1-120 



11-57 

 III-U8 



Dl^t I: Barley (com, oats, or sorghum), 9.'*; beet 

 pulp, wet, 71; alfalfa hay, 20.1. 



Diet II: Corn (barley or sorghum), 1*2; alfalfa, 58. 

 Diet III: Cora, 52; soybean oil meal, 5.9; alfalfa 

 hay, 52; com silage, iO. 



Swine 



165 



17c 



175 



Swine 



1*5 



1-53 

 11-55 



III -53 



IV-55 



Diet 1°: Corn, 63; oats, 15; soybean meal, 7.8; mid- 

 dlings, 5; alfalfa meal, 5; limestone, 0.7; salt, O.5, 

 Diet 11°: Barley, 5O; oats, 1*0; linseed meal, 3; fish 

 msal, 1; meat meal, 3.0; minerals, ^T ; A and D oil (99-5 

 I. U.. vitamin A and 19. 8 I.U. vitamin D/lOO g of diet). 

 Diet III^: Soybean meal, 8; alfalfa meal, 1*.5; barley, 

 85; tankage, 5; bonemeal, 0.5; limestone, 0.5; salt 

 (NaCl), 0.5. 



Diet IV°: Corn, 82; Soybean meal, 6.5; meat and bone 

 scrap, 2.5; fish meal, 2.5; cottonseed meal, 2.5; al- 

 falfa meal, 2.5; limestone, O.J; bonemeal, 0.5; salt 

 (NaCl), 0.5. 



Turkey, Broad-breasted Bronze 



L80 



d^YoUng 



1.8-2.1 



75 



Corn, ground yellow, 25; standard wheat middlings, 10; 

 alfalfa meal, 5 (meal contains 75,000 or more I. U. of 

 vitamin A per pound); soybean oil meal, 55; fish meal 

 6; (Beat meal, 6; steamed bone meal, 2; ground lime- 

 stone, 2; salt, 0.5; dried whey, 8; vitamin A and D 

 feeding oil, O.5 (oil conteiins 3OO International Chick 

 Units vitamin D, I5OO I. U. vitamin A per gram); plus 

 anhydrous MnSOi^, 0.0125 g per 100 g feed. 



185 



19c 



5.2 



52 



dHalf -grown 



Corn, ground yellow, 55; pulverized oats, 20; alfalfa 

 meal, ** (meed contains 75,000 I. U. vitamin A per 

 pound); soybean oil meal, 25; fish meal, U; meat meal, 

 k; steamed bone meal, 2.5; ground limestone, 1.5; 

 salt, 0.5; dried whey, 6; vitamin A and D feeding 

 oil, 0.5; (oil contains 5OO Intemational Chick Units 

 vitamin D, I5OO I. U. vitamin A per gram); plus anhy- 

 drous MnSOi,, 0.0125 g per 100 g of feed. 



/l/ The numerals I, II, III, TV occurring occasioneLlly in column D, refer to alternative dietary mixtures vhose coni- 

 poeitlons are given in column E. /6/ An antibiotic-vitamin Bj^g supplement is recommended for addition to all diets 

 not othenrlse provided with an antibiotic and vitamin B^g. ^t a level suited to its type. /7/ Iodized salt (NaCl), 

 20f>; steamed bonemeal, 57-7^; ground limeetoDe, 1*0^; ferrous sulfate, 2^; manganese sulfate, 0.2^; copper sulfate, 

 0.1*. 



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