Table 1. Total composition of rat chow diets

Ingredient CON1) (%) HBF2) (%) ABF3) (%)
Granular sugar 48 48 48
Casein lactic 20 20 20
Cornstarch 15 15 15
Solka Floc-40 5 5 5
Coconut oil 7 - -
Angus beef fat - - 7
Hanwoo beef fat - 7 -
AIN-76A mineral mix4) 3.5 3.5 3.5
AIN-76A vitamin mix5) 1 1 1
DL-Methionine 0.3 0.3 0.3
Choline bitartrate 0.2 0.2 0.2
Energy value (kj/kg diet)6) 4002 4002 4002
Total 100 100 100
Contain 20.3% protein, 7.0% fat, and 64.0% carbohydrate on an as-fed basis.
Mineral mix used at 35 g/kg diet containing calcium phosphate dibasic (500 g/kg), sodium chloride (74 g/kg), potassium citrate H2O (220 g/kg), potassium sulfate (52 g/kg), magnesium oxide (24 g/kg), manganous carbonate (3.5 g/kg), ferric citrate U.S.P (6 g/kg), zinc carbonate (1.6 g/kg), cupric carbonate (0.3 g/kg), potassium iodate (0.01 g/kg), sodium selenite (0.01 g/kg), chromium potassium sulfate 12H2O (0.55 g/kg), and sucrose (118.03).
Vitamin mix used at 10 g/kg diet containing thiamine HCl (0.6 g/kg), riboflavin (0.6 g/kg), pyridoxine HCl (0.7 g/kg), niacin (3 g/kg), calcium pantothenate (1.6 g/kg), folic acid (0.2 g/kg), biotin (0.02 g/kg), vitamin B12 0.1% (1 g/kg), vitamin A palmitate 500,000 IU/g (0.8 g/kg), vitamin D3 400,000 IU/g (0.25 g/kg), vitamin E acetate 500 IU/g (10 g/kg), menadione sodium bisulfite (0.08 g/kg), and sucrose (981.15 g/kg).
Energy value (estimated [kJ/kg diet]) = [4 × crude protein (%)] + [4 × ash (%)] + [9 × crude fat (%)]. For conversion to kcal/kg diet, 1 cal = 4.184 J.
CON, control; HBF, Hanwoo beef fat; ABF, Angus beef fat; AIN, American Institute of Nutrition.