Nutrient requirements of laboratory animals / / Subcommittee on Laboratory Animal Nutrition, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy of Sciences, , 1995
• Edizione: Fourth revised edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 636.08/542 s; 636/.93233
• Soggetto topico: Laboratory animals - Feeding and feeds
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nutrient requirements of laboratory animals
• ISBN: 1-280-19347-6; 9786610193479; 0-309-58849-9; 0-585-02748-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811526303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Nutrient requirements of domestic animals (Unnumbered)