title: A comparison of the nutritional evaluation of irradiated and autoclaved diets in germfree rats.
abstract: The food intake, nitrogen retention, apparent digestibilities and other factors were compared in adult Wistar strain male germfree rats given irradiated or autoclaved CL-2 diets. They were no differences between the rats fed the irradiated and the autoclaved CL-2 diets.
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000528:radiation effects; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000378:metabolism*; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009584:Nitrogen