Beneficial Effects of Fish Protein Concentrate on Increment in Body Weight and Microscopic Appearance of the Tibia and Alveolar Bone of Rats Fed a Wheat Flour-Containing Ration

¹ Institute for Nutritional Studies, Culver City, California; Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, University of Southern California School of Dentistry; and Department of Anatomy, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Immature male rats fed a wheat flourcontaining ration similar to diet 256 of McClure were retarded in growth and exhibited pathologic changes in the tibia and alveolar bone. A supplement of 8% fish protein concentrate promoted an increment in body weight comparable to that of rats fed a natural food stock ration and prevented the changes in the tibia and alveolar bone.