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Table 1 Basal diet1

From: Chemical and biomechanical characterization of hyperhomocysteinemic bone disease in an animal model

Constituents

Composition (w/w %)

Soyamin

23.40

Corn

33.00

Cerelose (glucose monohydrate)

28.00

Corn Oil

4.90

Mineral salts2

5.35

Vitamins3

2.00

Trace minerals4

2.00

I-methionine

0.30

dl-homocysteine

0.60

Glycine

0.30

Choline chloride

0.15

  1. 1 Metabolizable energy calculated as 13.8 MJ (3000 kcal) per kg diet 2 Salt mixture (g/kg diet): CaHPO4, 20.0; CaCO3, 15.0; KH2PO4, 11.0; NaCl, 4; MgSO4, 3.5. 3 Vitamin premix (mg/kg diet): retinyl palmitate, 5.49; cholecalciferol, 0.016; all-rac-α-tocopheryl acetate, 55.0; menadione sodium bisulfite, 1.52; thiamine • HCl, 15; nicotinic acid, 50; pyridoxine • HCl, 3; calcium-d-pantothenate, 20; cyanocobalamin, 0.02; folic acid, 6.0; biotin, 0.6. 4 Trace minerals (mg/kg diet): C12H22FeO4 • 2H2O, 700; MnSO4 • 7H2O, 170; ZnO, 65; CuSO4 • 5H2O, 20; Na2MoO4 • 2H2O, 5; CoCl2 • 6H2O, 1.5; Na2SeO3 • 5H2O, 0.5; KIO3, 0.7.