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Mature male albino rats (ca. 300 g body mass) received 10 diets with a varying lysine content (1.6 to 8.4 g/16 g N). In one partial test the animals were fed ad libitum and in another partial test they were kept in the state of maintenance by limiting the amount of the diet. After 7 feeding days the catabolisation of 14C-lysine into 14CO2 was measured and after 8 feeding days the 15N-excretion in urine after 15N-lysine doses was ascertained. Based on these characteristics typical of metabolism, which show increased catabolisation of the amino acid after the lysine requirement was met, the lysine requirement of a mature rat was determined as 3.5 to 4.0 g/16 g N in the diet. In conclusion, this shows that the lysine requirement in the state of maintenenace and of mature animals is considerably lower than during the period of growth.
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