SF14-004 High Fat High Sodium Rodent Diet
A high fat diet based on our standard rat and mouse diet.
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For general comments see our standard rat and mouse formulation data sheet.
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The total fat content of this diet has been increased to 22%. In our experience this is the maximum fat content that can be included into a standard pelletised diet. Even at this content a significant loss in pellet strength is apparent. Higher fat contents are possible but we have found that the diet form must change.
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The increased fat content has resulted in a 28% increase in calculated digestible energy from 14.3 MJ/Kg to 18 MJ/Kg.
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Sodium has been increased from 0.18% to 0.8%
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All other nutritional parameters have been kept as close as possible to our standard rat and mouse diet.
Keywords: Cereal, Fat, Salt, cardiac, vascular function, dysfunction, arterial hyper-tension,