Salt
Common salt, sodium chloride, NaCl, is the most usual of all minerals to be modified in diets, both grain-based and purified.
Standard grain-based LabDiet®: feeds can have the NaCl, or the sodium alone, augmented as a "direct add." If a NaCl-deficient or sodium-defiient grain-based diet is required, a custom TestDiet® modification of any LabDiet® feed can be formulated.
Purified diets can be formulated with no added NaCl and with varying levels of NaCl. For sodium-related research, TestDiet® can manufacture purified diets with varying levels of sodium.
For example, using TestDiet® #5755 as the control diet, the sodium level can be increased and/or decreased to offer a carefully controlled range of sodium levels for study. Listed below is a typical series of diets used in sodium research. Of course, the composition and sodium levels can be modified to your specifications.
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Basal Diet Control |
Low Sodium |
High Sodium |
Low Sodium/ Low Chloride |
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TestDiet® # |
588N |
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Mineral |
(0.20% Na) |
(0.03% Na) |
(3.15% Na) |
(0.03% Na; 0.05% Cl) |
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Calcium |
0.60% |
0.62% |
0.60% |
0.60% |
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Phosphorous |
0.40% |
0.38% |
0.40% |
0.48% |
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Potassium |
0.40% |
0.85% |
0.40% |
0.40% |
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Sodium |
0.20% |
0.03% |
3.15% |
0.03% |
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Chloride |
0.20% |
0.20% |
4.75% |
0.06% |
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Magnesium |
0.07% |
0.07% |
0.07% |
0.07% |
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Manganese |
65 mg/kg |
65 mg/kg |
65 mg/kg |
65 mg/kg |
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Iron |
60 mg/kg |
60 mg/kg |
60 mg/kg |
60 mg/kg |
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Zinc |
20 mg/kg |
20 mg/kg |
20 mg/kg |
20 mg/kg |
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Copper |
15 mg/kg |
15 mg/kg |
15 mg/kg |
15 mg/kg |
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Fluoride |
5 mg/kg |
5 mg/kg |
5 mg/kg |
5 mg/kg |
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Cobalt |
3.2 mg/kg |
3.2 mg/kg |
3.2 mg/kg |
3.2 mg/kg |
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Chromium |
3.0 mg/kg |
3.0 mg/kg |
3.0 mg/kg |
3.0 mg/kg |
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Iodine |
0.6 mg/kg |
0.6 mg/kg |
0.6 mg/kg |
0.6 mg/kg |
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Molybdenum |
0.8 mg/kg |
0.8 mg/kg |
0.8 mg/kg |
0.8 mg/kg |
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Selenium |
0.2 mg/kg |
0.2 mg/kg |
0.2 mg/kg |
0.2 mg/kg |
See also:
Mineral Modifications to LabDiet® formulas
Mineral Modifications to Purified Diets