Nutrient requirements of laboratory animals /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Laboratory Animal Nutrition
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.
Edition:Fourth revised edition.
Series:Nutrient requirements of domestic animals (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
Table of 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.