title: [Net protein utilization of stock diets for rats and mice].
abstract: Male Sprague-Dawley rats of six weeks of age were fed on ten percent crude protein diets for a ten day experimental period. The net protein utilization (NPU) by carcass analysis of six kinds of revised stock diets for rats and mice was compared with that of purified whole-egg protein and milk casein. NPU values for all revised stock diets and milk casein were lower than those for purified whole-egg protein. Compared to milk casein, two kinds of revised stock diets showed lower NPU, but the remaining four diets had similar NPU.
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002364:Caseins / Q000378:metabolism; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004527:Egg Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats / Q000378:metabolism*; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D004527:Egg Proteins