Adequacy of Simplified Diets for Guinea Pigs and Rabbits1
Two Figures
Albert G. Hogan and
John W. Hamilton
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Missourt, Colubmia
1. Guinea pigs and rabbits grow at the normal rate on simplifiedrations which contain dried yeast as the source of all water-solublevitamins. A water extract of dried liver also contains the essentialwater-soluble vitamins that are not yet recognized.
2. Whenvitamin K was added to the simplified diets the femaleswereable to rear litters.
3. When all water-soluble vitamins weresupplied as pure compoundsnow available, the mortality washigh and the rate of growthwas subnormal.
1 Contribution from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station,journal series no. 800.