The Nutrition of the Cotton Rat (Sigmondon Hispidus Hispidus)
- 1 January 1944
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 27 (1) , 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/27.1.1
Abstract
Cotton rats require thiamine, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine and choline in approximately the same quantities as the white rat; in addition they require nicotinic acid and inositol. Rats on a completely synthetic diet grow at a rate of only 5.6 gm. per week. Additional growth promoting substances are present in 1:20 liver extract. This is indicated by the increase in growth rate to 8.6 gm. per week when 2% liver extract is added to the ration.Keywords
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