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Table 1.

Composition of synthetic diets used in the laboratory behavioral experiment

	Amounts
Ingredients	Test food 1	Test food 2
Casein	0 g	10.0 g
Sucrose	0 g	6.8 g
Cellulose	38.44 g	21.64 g
Salt mix	0.96 g	0.96 g
Linoleic acid	0.2 ml	0.2 ml
Cholesterol	0.2 g	0.2 g
Ascorbic acid	0.12 g	0.12 g
B vitamin mix	0.21 ml	0.21 ml
Choline chloride	0.3 ml	0.3 ml
Agar	5.12 g	5.12 g
Water	160 ml	160 ml
Monocrotaline	0.0052 g	0 g

	Amounts
Ingredients	Test food 1	Test food 2
Casein	0 g	10.0 g
Sucrose	0 g	6.8 g
Cellulose	38.44 g	21.64 g
Salt mix	0.96 g	0.96 g
Linoleic acid	0.2 ml	0.2 ml
Cholesterol	0.2 g	0.2 g
Ascorbic acid	0.12 g	0.12 g
B vitamin mix	0.21 ml	0.21 ml
Choline chloride	0.3 ml	0.3 ml
Agar	5.12 g	5.12 g
Water	160 ml	160 ml
Monocrotaline	0.0052 g	0 g

Rows in bold indicate diet components different in the two test foods.