. The effect of a strictly vegetable diet on the spontaneous activity, the rate of gowth, and the longevity of the albino rat;. Diet; Rats; Vegetarianism. i6 EFFECT OF DIET ON THE ALBINO RAT the omnivorous. This is seen by consulting Table V, which represents the averages of each sex of these two groups. From this I think one of two conclusions may be reached. Either the sudden reduction in the rich protein food of the omnivorous rats to almost a vegetarian diet (meat being given only two or three times a week) has had the effect of checking the activity of all alike, or a strictly vegetarian
. The effect of a strictly vegetable diet on the spontaneous activity, the rate of gowth, and the longevity of the albino rat;. Diet; Rats; Vegetarianism. i6 EFFECT OF DIET ON THE ALBINO RAT the omnivorous. This is seen by consulting Table V, which represents the averages of each sex of these two groups. From this I think one of two conclusions may be reached. Either the sudden reduction in the rich protein food of the omnivorous rats to almost a vegetarian diet (meat being given only two or three times a week) has had the effect of checking the activity of all alike, or a strictly vegetarian diet at this age is conducive to a slightly greater activity. If the latter is true it may be explained in this manner: The omnivorous rat had a satisfying diet; the vegetarians did not, and ran mooooor ow SQOOOOO /' MOOOOB. AgcfaiHonthf Fig. 12. Curves showing the average total work and the rate it was done of each sex of exercised omnivorous and vegetarian feeders. The heavy solid line (OEM) represents the work of the omnivorous males, the heavy dotted line (OEF) the omnivorous females; the light solid line {VEM) the vegetarian males, the light dotted line {VEF) the vegetarian Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Slonaker, James Rollin, b. 1866. Stanford, Calif. Stanford University
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