50. DIETS: LABORATORY AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS (Continued) 



Diets have been selected from a large number of possible diets. They are not necessarily optimal, nor do they 

 suit all lii5»rtant conditions and feeding purposes . Ckjnsult texts on feeding ( see blbllo . ) for more detailed 

 Information. Unless otherwise Indicated, values in col. E are graas/lOO g (or Ib/lOO lb) of ration. 



Species 



Age 



Body 

 Weight 



kg 



IcT 



Dally Food 

 Intakel 



g/kg body vt 



HE 



Diet 



g/100 g 



HI 



lEL 



HE 



Chicken, Rhode Island Red (concluded) 



5C 



K 



d^Half -grown 



2.1 



1.25 



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Com, ground yellow, hi; standard wheat middlings, 15; 

 vrtieat bran, 10; alfalfa meal, 5 (meal contains 75>000 

 or more I. U. of vitamin A per lb); soybean oil meal, 

 17; dried whey, 2; steamed bone meal, 2.5; ground 

 limestone, 1; salt, 0.5; vitamin A and D feeding 0ll2, 

 0.1; plus anhydrous MnSOjj, 0.0125 g per 100 g feed. 



7. 2-10. Ik 



2.5 



1*5 



5C 



9Mature, breeding 



Com, ground yellow, h^; standard wheat middlings, 15; 

 wheat bran, 10; alfalfa meal, 5 (meal contains 75,000 

 or more I. U. of vitamin A per lb); soybean oil meal, 

 U; fish meal, k; meat meal, k; dried whey, h; steamed 

 bone meal, 1; ground limestone, 5-5; salt, 0.5; vita- 

 min A and D feeding oll^, 0.3; plus anhydrous MnSOU, 

 0.0125 g per 100 g feed. 



Dog 



s; 



Young 



h.^ 



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Meat, meat by-products including bone, or fish, 20; 

 soybean meal, wheat germ, com germ, or nut meal, 20; 

 com, wheat, or barley, 50; carrots, beet by-products, 

 or tomato by-products, 2-5; iodized salt, 0.24-0.5; 

 milk, liver meals, or fermentation solubles, q.s.; 

 fish liver oils and irradiated yeast, q.s. 



rc 



R 



3C 



15.6 



1-22 

 11-22? 



Adult 



Diet I: Same as foregoing diet for young dog. 

 Diet II (a basic purified diet): Casein, vitamin- 

 free, 10; dextrose, 15; dextrin, 8; lard, 6; salt mix- 

 ture. Wesson '52, 0.8 (composed of: NaCl, 10.5; KCl, 

 12; KHpPOU, }1; Ca3(P0U)2» 1'».9; CaCO,, 21; MgSO),, 9; 

 FePOii.fegO, 1.1*7; MnSOlj, 0.02; K2Al2(S0|j)ij.2l*H20, 

 0.009; CuS0ij.5H20, 0.059; NaT, 0.057, KI, 0.005); agar, 

 1.2; distilled water, 58. To each 1000 g of dry In- 

 grediants, add thiamine, 2.0 mg; riboflavlne, 1.6 mg; 

 nicotinic acid, 16.O mg; calcium pantothenate, IJ.O 

 mg; pyrldoxlne, 1.0 mg; choline, 1 g; 2-methyl-naph- 

 thoquinone (vitamin K), 0.6 ng; alpha tocopherol (vi- 

 tamin E), 55 mg; biotin, 0.6 mg; folic acid, 0.6 mg; 

 vitamin A, 50 g; vitamin D, 5 g; vitamin Bj^2> ^ "&• 



Fish 



a 



?0 



K 



0.0001- 



0.002 



0.0-3 

 3-9 0.002-0.05 



Fish, trout, brook, 

 brown, and rainbow 



o.ooi* 



80-100 at 

 10° c5 



20-60 at 

 10° c5 



60 at 

 10° c5 



Diet I**, 

 Diet II' 

 Diet 



1*. 



{IP 



Beef liver, 1*9; pork spleen, 1*9; salt, 2. 

 Beef liver, 100. 

 Beef liver, 60; horse meat, UO. 



Diet I^: Pork or beef spleen 35; beef liver, 15; salt, 

 2; fish meal, 12; wheat middlings, 12; dried skim 

 milk or distillers solubles, 12; cottonseed meal, 12. 

 Diet 11^: Beef liver, 33; beef spleen, 33; horse 

 meat, 31*. 



Diet III*: Cooked carp or other rough fish, 1*5; oat- 

 meal j^2i_beef_J;l^erj_l^j_beef_or_£ork_s£leenj;_2^^ 



Diet I: Casein, 55; gelatin 15; crisco or lard, 9; 

 potato starch (cooked), 8; cellu flour, 9; minerals, 

 U (composed of U.S. P. XII salt mixture No. 2: sodium 

 chloride, 1.75 g; magnesium sulfate, 5-l*5 g; sodium 

 biphosphate, 5. 1*7 g; potassium phosphate, 9.5'' g; cal- 

 cium biphosphate, 5.'' g; ferric citrate, I.18 g; cal- 

 cium lactate, 13 g to which the following trace ele- 



/l/ The numerals I, II, III, IV occurring occasionally in column D, refer to alternative dietary mixtures whose ccib- 

 positions are given in column E. /2/ See item 1*5, column E for ccmposition. /3/ Food allowance for trout is in 

 proportion to body size and water temperature (the larger the fish, the smaller allowance in proportion to body 

 weight and the higher the temperature, within limits, the greater the allowance). /U/ Hatchery rearing diet. 



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