The Nutrition of the Mouse X. Studies on the Utilization of High and Moderately Low Protein Diets for Growth in Four Strains of Mice
- 1 March 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 43 (3) , 441-450
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/43.3.441
Abstract
A wide range of protein efficiency ratios was observed when mice of 4 highly inbred strains were studied under identical conditions. Mice of the C3H and A strains grew considerably more rapidly on a diet containing 10% casein than did mice of the C57 and I strains. The growth rates of all 4 strains studied were reduced by feeding a 90% casein diet. The addition of NaHCO3 or the substitution of lactalbumin for casein gave improved growth. Total weight gains of C3H and A strain mice over a 30-day period following weaning were essentially the same whether the diet contained 10% or 30% casein. Mice of the C57 and I strains gained more weight on a 30% than on a 10% casein diet.Keywords
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