MP Biomedicals™ AIN-93G Diet, Pellet

For growth, pregnancy and lactational phases of rodents

Catalog Number	Mfr. No.	Quantity
ICN96039920	MP Biomedicals™ 0296039920	20 kg
ICN96039910	MP Biomedicals™ 0296039910	10 kg
ICN96039950	MP Biomedicals™ 0296039950	50 kg

Description

For sixteen years, the American Institute of Nutrition Rodent Diets, AIN-76 and AIN-76A, have been used extensively around the world. Because of numerous nutritional and technical problems encountered with the diet during this period, it was revised.

Two new formulations were derived:

• AIN-93 g for growth, pregnancy and lactation
• AIN-93M for adult maintenance

Some major differences in the new formulation of AIN-93 g compared with AIN-76A are as follows:

• 7 g Soybean oil/100 g diet was substituted for 5 g corn oil/100 g diet to increase the amount of linolenic acid
• Cornstarch was substituted for sucrose
• The amount of phosphorus was reduced to help eliminate the problem of kidney calcification in female rats
• L-cystine was substituted for DL-methionine as the amino acid supplement for casein, known to be deficient in the sulfur amino acids
• Manganese concentration was lowered to one fifth the amount in the old diet
• The amounts of Vitamin E, Vitamin K and Vitamin B12 were increased
• Molybdenum, silicon, fluoride, nickel, boron, lithium and vanadium were added to the mineral mix

For the AIN-93M maintenance diet:

• The amount of fat was lowered to 40 g/kg diet from 70 g/kg diet and the amount of casein to 140 g/kg from 200 g/kg in the AIN-93 g diet

Because of a better balance of essential nutrients, the AIN-93 diets may prove to be a better choice than AIN-93A for long-term as well as short-term studies with laboratory rodents. J. Nutr., v. 123: 1939-1951 (1993).

• AIN-93 g diet is available in pelleted form
• AIN-93 g diet is used for growth, pregnancy and lactational phases of rodents

Specifications

• Product Type: Animal Diet
• Format: Pellet
• Species: Rodent

• Components: Casein 20%, Dextrinized Cornstarch 13.2%, Sucrose10%, Corn Starch 39.7486%, Alphacel, Non-Nutritive Bulk 5%, Soybean Oil 7%, AIN-93M Mineral Mix 3.5%, L-Cystine 0.3%, AIN-93-VX Vitamin Mix 1%, Choline bitartrate 0.25%, tert-Butylhydroquinone 0.0014%
• For Use With (Application): Growth, pregnancy and lactational phases of Rodents
• Storage Requirements: 4°C