Macro and micronutrients composition of the experimental diets1.

1Both diets provided 16.5 MJ/kg; lipids provided 13.5% of total calories. Oils were kindly supplied by Lesieur-Alimentaire (Coudekerque; France).2(g/100 g): CaHPO4-2H2O: 38; K2HPO4: 24; CaCO3: 18; NaCl: 6.9; MgO: 2; MgSO4-7H2O : 9 ; FeSO4-7H2O : 0.86 ; ZnSO4-H2O : 0.5 ; MnSO4-H2O : 0.5 ; CuSO4-5H2O : 0.1 ; NaF : 0.08 ; CrK(SO4)2-12H2O : 0.05 ; (NH4)6Mo2O24-4H2O : 0.002 ; KI : 0.004 ; CoCO3 : 0.002 ; Na2SeO3 : 0.002.3Composition of vitamin supplement triturated in dextrose (mg/kg of vitamin mixture) : retinyl acetate (UI), 500000; cholecalciferol (UI), 250000; acetate dl-alpha-tocopherol (UI), 5000; menadione (UI), 100; thiamine HCl (UI), 1000; riboflavine, 1000; nicotinic acid, 4500; D-calcium panthotenate, 3000; pyridoxine HCl, 1000; inositol, 5000; D-biotin, 20; folic acid, 200; cyanocobalamin, 1.35; L-ascorbic acid, 10000; paraamino-benzoic acid, 5000; choline chlorhydrate, 75000.DEF, Deficient diet; CON, Control diet; ENR, Enriched diet.