| Three diets were prepared with ingredients cultivated by each of three different farming systems, low input of fertilizer without pesticides (LIminusP), low input of fertilizer and high input of pesticides (LIplusP), and high input of fertilizer and high input of pesticides (HIplusP). A preference test was conducted to investigate whether rats could distinguish among the three iso-energetic and iso-nitrogeneous diets, and the influence of the mothers’ diet was accordingly studied with regard to the food choice of the progeny. The experimental diets contained potatoes, carrots, peas, green kales, apples, and rapeseed oil and were formulated to meet the NRC requirements for growing rats by mixing. Rats were weaned from dams, which had been fed one of the... |
