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Variations in Body Composition of Mice having the same Average Daily Gain¹

University of Georgia—College Experiment Station, Athens

Abstract

Albino mice in groups of three or more which had made the same average daily gains on a corn-soybean type diet (ad libitum) were compared as to final body composition, moisture, fat and protein. Coefficients of variation for the fat content of the groups of males having the same gain varied from 0.36 to 0.90. The coefficients of variation for protein were at least 0.39 in all cases and for moisture at least 0.30. In females having the same gain, the coefficients of variation for the fat content varied from 0.29 to 0.65, for protein from 0.43 to 0.50 and for moisture from 0.30 to 0.33.

¹ Contribution from the Department of Animal Husbandry. Approved for publication by the Director of the College Experiment Station of the University of Georgia College of Agriculture Experiment Stations. Publication No. 112 of the Journal series. Presented in part at the meeting of the Southern Agricultural Workers, Memphis, Tennessee, February, 1959.

² The authors are grateful to the Chas. Pfizer & Company, Inc., Terra Haute, Indiana for supplying products used in the study and to M. L. Coston for technical assistance.