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Feeding and breeding of laboratory animals: XIII. A note on the use of autoclaved stock diet for breeding mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

H. M. Bruce
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National Institute for Medical Research, London, N. W. 7
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The stock diet for rats and mice, diet 41 cubed, can be rendered sterile to broth by autoclaving at 15 lb./sq. in. for 20 min. without impairment of the nutritive value for breeding mice.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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