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SUB‐ACUTE TOXICITY STUDIES OF GLANDLESS COTTONSEED KERNELS FED TO RATS
Author(s) -
REBER ELWOOD F.,
PYKE RALPH E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1980.tb00532.x
Subject(s) - cottonseed , litter , weaning , offspring , lactation , zoology , biology , cottonseed meal , cottonseed oil , food science , pregnancy , agronomy , raw material , ecology , soybean meal , genetics
Glandless cottonseed kernels were fed as raw, cooked or roasted ground flours. The glandless cottonseed flour (20%) was added to laboratory chow (80%). The control was lab chow (94%) plus cottonseed oil (6%). Sexually mature rats (F‐O) were fed the diets for two weeks prior to being bred, and through lactation. From their offspring (F‐1) 50 males and 50 females were selected from each group. The F‐1 rats were fed the diets from weaning until 24 weeks of age. At 13 weeks of age, the rats were bred, and their offspring (F‐2) were raised to weaning. There were no statistically significant differences due to treatment in the number of litters born, litter size, or weights of the young of the F‐O or the F‐1 females. Growth and food consumption were similar for F‐1 rats in all treatments. There were no detrimental effects due to feeding glandless cottonseed kernels.