Table 1. Nutrient specification of rat diet

Ingredients (g/kg)
 Ground whole hard wheat 34.90
 Ground #2 yellow corn 21.00
 Ground whole oats 10.00
 Wheat middlings 10.00
 Fish meal 9.00
 Soy oil 2.00
 Soybean meal 5.00
 Alfalfa meal 2.00
 Corn gluten meal 2.00
 Dicalcium phosphate 1.50
 Yeast-brewers 1.00
 Premixes1) 0.60
 Grounded limestone 0.50
 Salt 0.50
Calculated composition (g/kg)
 Crude protein 180.0
 Crude fat 50.0
 Crude fiber 50.0
 Ash 80.0
 Calcium 10.0
 Total phosphorous 8.5
 Lysine 8.5
 Methionine 3.5
Provided per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2,500 IU; vitamin E, 30 IU; vitamin K3, 3 mg; pantothenic acid, 15 mg; nicotinic acid, 40 mg; choline, 400 mg; vitamin B12, 12 μg; iron, 90 mg; copper, 8.8 mg; zinc, 100 mg; manganese, 54 mg; iodine, 0.35 mg; selenium, 0.30 mg.