Effect of High Levels of Fat, Lactose, and Type of Bulk in Guinea Pig Diets.
- 1 October 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 90 (1) , 70-72
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-90-21940
Abstract
Gum acacia, Spangles, and Solka-floc were compared as bulk agents for the guinea pig by employing normal, high-fat, and lactose diets. The average growth rate of all groups receiving Solka-floc was slightly better in all cases. Using Solka-floc as the bulk, guinea pigs grew very well (7.7 g/day) on diets containing 12% corn oil and 4.9 g/day with 24% corn oil diets. Guinea pigs fed diets with lactose as the sole carbohydrate did poorly and grew about 2 g/day. Substitution of sucrose for half of the lactose increased the growth to 5.6 g/day.Keywords
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- Development of a Semi-Synthetic Diet for Young Guinea PigsJournal of Nutrition, 1953