Diets/Formula Diets for Special Experiments (Special Diets)/
These diets are standard purified diets proposed by the American Institute of Nutrition (AIN) in 1977 (AIN-76) and 1993 (AIN-93) for use in nutritional studies using mice and rats. The compositions of these diets were determined by the AIN based on the nutritional requirements of mice and rats issued by the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council (NAS-NRC), which were determined using indications such as of favorable growth, pregnancy, and lactation during the year after birth.