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Feeding responses of young and adult albino rats (Rattus norvegicus) to mixed basal diet.

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Title Feeding responses of young and adult albino rats (Rattus norvegicus) to mixed basal diet.
 
Creator Krishnakumari, M. K.
Rajalakshmi, D.
Sreenivasan, V.
Ramasundaram, C. P.
 
Subject 16 Nutritive value
21 Cereals
22 Legumes-Pulses
 
Description A mixed diet of cereals and pulses was used in cooked and uncooked forms
for growth studies with young albino rats. The feeding responses and gain in weight
were compared with a commercial rat food containing 24% protein. There were no
signifkant differences in the growth patterns among the three diets. The growing
rals consumed 8ยท 5 to 9 gflOO g body weight per day which decreased after the tenth
week. The feeding patterns of adult albino rats of both sexes were similar for both
cooked and uncooked basal diets. The basal diet seems to be best suited for the
albino rats. Since cooking did not enhance either palatability or the diet consumption,
dry diets are suggested for rat feeding. Dry basal diet is also recommended
to evaluate sub-acute and chronic toxicity of all pesticides particularly those which
are thermolabile.
 
Date 1979
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/4192/1/Proceedings%20of%20the%20Indian%20Academy%20of%20Science%2C%20Volume-88B%285%20%281979%29%20367-375.pdf
Krishnakumari, M. K. and Rajalakshmi, D. and Sreenivasan, V. and Ramasundaram, C. P. (1979) Feeding responses of young and adult albino rats (Rattus norvegicus) to mixed basal diet. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science, 88B (5). pp. 367-375.