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- Milne's Laboratory Diet is a standardized pelleted rodent diet made from a mixture of cereals, fish meal, milk powder, sugar, tallow and yeast, yielding on analysis 22% crude protein (3.3% nitrogen), 22% crude fat, 5% crude fiber, 5% ash, 11.5% moisture and the remainder nitrogen‐free extractives (carbohydrate) , with standard concentrations of essential minerals.
- We would like to thank Mrs. V. Wakelam for her assistance with the care of the rats, and Mrs. E. Cossington for her assistance with the preparation of the histopathology slides.
- This study was kindly supported by Philips‐Duphar B.V., Weesp, Holland.
- Reprints may be obtained from Mr. D.M. Ingram, University Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Ned‐lands, Western Australia, 6009