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"If cited papers provided nutrient intakes per day but did not specify dietary concentrations, the values have been converted to dietary content by assuming a dietary intake of 15 g/rat/day for growing rats or adult rats at maintenance, 15 to 20 g/t/day during pregnancy, and 30 to 40 g/rat/day during lactation." (This means that if your rat eats 100 grams of food per day, it only need 15% of that to be the TOTAL protein)
TABLE 2-2 Estimated Nutrient Requirements for Maintenance, Growth, and Reproduction of Rats
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Amount, per kg diet |
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Nutrient |
Unit |
Maintenance |
Growth |
Reproduction (Female) |
Fat |
g |
50.0 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
Linoleic acid (n-6) |
g |
a |
6.0a |
3.0a |
Linolenic acid (n-3) |
g |
R |
R |
R |
Protein |
g |
50.0b |
150.0b |
150.0 |
Amino Acidsc |
|
|
|
|
Arginine |
g |
ND |
4.3 |
4.3 |
Aromatic AAsd |
g |
1.9 |
10.2 |
10.2 |
Histidine |
g |
0.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
Isoleucine |
g |
3.1 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
Leucine |
g |
1.8 |
10.7 |
10.7 |
Lysine |
g |
1.1 |
9.2 |
9.2 |
Methionine + cystinee |
g |
2.3 |
9.8 |
9.8 |
Threonine |
g |
1.8 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
Tryptophan |
g |
0.5 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
Valine |
g |
2.3 |
7.4 |
7.4 |
Other (including nonessentials) |
g |
f |
66.0 |
66.0 |
Minerals |
|
|
|
|
Calcium |
g |
g |
5.0 |
6.3 |
Chloride |
g |
g |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Magnesium |
g |
g |
0.5 |
0.6 |
Phosphorus |
g |
g |
3.0 |
3.7 |
Potassium |
g |
g |
3.6 |
3.6 |
Sodium |
g |
g |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Copper |
mg |
g |
5.0 |
8.0 |
Iron |
mg |
g |
35.0 |
75.0 |
Manganese |
mg |
g |
10.0 |
10.0 |
Zinc |
mg |
g |
12.0 |
25.0 |
Iodine |
µg |
g |
150.0 |
150.0 |
Molybdenum |
µg |
g |
150.0 |
150.0 |
Selenium |
µg |
g |
150.0 |
400.00 |
Vitamins |
|
|
|
|
A (retinol) |
mg |
g |
0.7 |
0.7 |
D (cholecalciferol) |
mg |
g |
0.025 |
0.025 |
E (RRR-a-tocopherol) |
mg |
g |
18.0 |
18.0 |
K (phylloquinone) |
mg |
g |
1.0 |
1.0 |
Biotin (d-biotin) |
mg |
g |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Choline (free base) |
mg |
g |
750.0 |
750.0 |
Folic acid |
mg |
g |
1.0 |
1.0 |
Niacin (nicotinic acid) |
mg |
g |
15.0 |
15.0 |
Pantothenate (Ca-d-pantothenate) |
mg |
g |
10.0 |
10.0 |
Riboflavin |
mg |
g |
3.0 |
4.0 |
Thiamin (thiamin-HCl) |
mg |
g |
4.0 |
4.0 |
B6 (pyridoxine) |
mg |
g |
6.0 |
6.0 |
B12 |
µg |
g |
50.0 |
50.0 |
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309051266/html/11.html
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