Effects of not predictable alternative overcrowding and isolation on food intake and body weight gain in male and female rats at weaning or adulthood

Appetite ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 638
Author(s):  
A. Cárdenas ◽  
V.A. López-Espinoza ◽  
F. Díaz ◽  
A.G. Martínez ◽  
K. Franco-Paredes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Male And Female Rats

scholarly journals Effect of chronic infusion of olanzapine and clozapine on food intake and body weight gain in male and female rats

Life Sciences ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (12) ◽  
pp. 1024-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
SuJean Choi ◽  
Briana DiSilvio ◽  
JayLynn Unangst ◽  
John D. Fernstrom
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Male And Female Rats ◽  
Chronic Infusion

scholarly journals The effect of dietary bee pollen intake on growth performance and biochemical indicators of rats

2016 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-104
Author(s):  
Branislav Gálik ◽  
Daniel Bíro ◽  
Milan Šimko ◽  
Miroslav Juráček ◽  
Marcela Capcarová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
The Body ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Bee Pollen ◽  
Male And Female Rats

The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of different daily intakes of rapeseed bee pollen on the growth and biochemical blood serum indicators in male and female rats. A total of 40 clinically healthy male and female Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups. In the control group (C) rats were fed a standard complete diet; in the experimental groups standard diets were supplemented with different doses of bee pollen. Treatment group T1 was given standard diet with the addition of bee pollen at a 0.3% concentration; in group T2 the addition was 0.5%; and in group T3 it was 0.75%. The experimental period lasted for 90 days. A significant effect (P < 0.05) of bee pollen on the body weight gain and feed conversion ratio of female rats was found. Significantly (P < 0.05) higher cholesterol concentration in blood serum of male rats was found in the groups with bee pollen addition (groups T2 and T3) compared to the control group. Lower triglyceride serum content in all female experimental groups (T1 and T3) was observed in comparison to the control. Higher serum cholesterol content in the experimental female rats was detected; significant differences were analysed in groups T1 and T3 compared to the control female group. Rapeseed bee pollen at concentrations of 0.5 and 0.75% positively affected the body weight gain of female rats, however, with higher feed consumption (P < 0.05). Rapeseed bee pollen reduced the triglycerides serum content in female rats and increased the cholesterol serum content in male and female rats (P < 0.05).

Stimulation of food intake and weight gain in mature female rats by bovine prolactin and bovine growth hormone

1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (6) ◽  
pp. E986-E992 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Byatt ◽  
N. R. Staten ◽  
W. J. Salsgiver ◽  
J. G. Kostelc ◽  
R. J. Collier
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Mature Female ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Bovine Growth Hormone ◽  
Female Rat ◽  
Moisture Percentage

Recombinant bovine prolactin (rbPRL) or bovine growth hormone (rbGH) was administered to mature female rats (10/treatment group) by daily subcutaneous injection for 10 days. Doses ranged from 7 to 5,000 micrograms/day (0.03-24 mg/kg body wt). Both rbPRL and rbGH increased body weight gain and food intake, but these parameters were increased at lower doses of rbPRL (7-63 micrograms/day) than rbGH (> 190 micrograms/day). Weight gain and food intake were maximally stimulated by 190 micrograms/day rbPRL, whereas maximal increased weight gain was obtained with the highest dose of rbGH (5,000 micrograms/day). Total carcass protein was increased by both hormones; however, protein as a percentage of body weight was unchanged. Similarly, neither rbPRL nor rbGH changed the percentage of carcass moisture. Percentage of body fat was increased by rbPRL but was decreased by rbGH. Weight of the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys was increased by both hormones, but increases were in proportion to body weight gain. These data confirm that ungulate prolactin is a hyperphagic agent in the female rat. In addition, they suggest that, while prolactin stimulates growth in mature female rats, this growth is probably not via a somatogenic mechanism.

Pattern of food intake and body weight gain in aged, noncycling female rats

1976 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph L. Cooper ◽  
Markku Linnoila
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Female Rats

Effects of wheel running on food intake and weight gain of male and female rats

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 899-903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumpei Tokuyama ◽  
Masayuki Saito ◽  
Hiromichi Okuda
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Wheel Running ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Male And Female Rats

scholarly journals Effects of estradiol and progesterone on food intake, body weight, and carcass adiposity in weanling rats

1981 ◽  
Vol 240 (5) ◽  
pp. E499-E503 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Schwartz ◽  
G. N. Wade
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Estradiol Benzoate ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Reduce Food Intake ◽  
Reduced Body ◽  
Adipose Tissue Lipoprotein Lipase

The effects of estradiol and progesterone on food intake, body weight, carcass adiposity, and adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity were investigated in weanling female rats. Treatment with estradiol benzoate (EB) reduced body weight gain in ovariectomized (OVX) weanlings as it does in adults. However, other responses to EB were attenuated or absent in weanlings. EB treatment did not reduce food intake, carcass adiposity, or adipose tissue LPL activity. This impaired responsiveness to EB may be due to decreased levels of cytoplasmic estrogen receptors in liver and adipose tissue (but not hypothalamus) in weanlings. On the other hand, responsiveness to progesterone was adultlike in weanlings. Treatment of OVX, EB-primed weanlings with progesterone increased food intake, body weight gain, and carcass adiposity. This adultlike responsiveness to progesterone was associated with adultlike levels of adipose tissue progestin receptors. However, progesterone treatment did not increase adipose tissue LPL activity in weanlings, indicating that changes in LPL activity are not necessary for progesterone-induced obesity.

Effects of corticotropin-releasing factor on energy balance in rats are sex dependent

1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (6) ◽  
pp. R1417-R1422 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rivest ◽  
Y. Deshaies ◽  
D. Richard
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Serum Testosterone ◽  
Corticotropin Releasing Factor ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Male And Female Rats ◽  
Significant Difference

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a chronic intracerebroventricular administration of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) on energy balance of male and female rats. One week after their delivery to the laboratory, both male and female rats were divided into two groups. One group in each sex was treated with human/rat CRF, while another group was infused with the vehicle. Chronic administration of CRF was accomplished by means of miniosmotic pumps connected to a cannula that was stereotaxically directed into the third ventricle. Food intake and body weight were measured each day during the study. After 14 days of treatment, the rats were killed by decapitation. Energy, fat, and protein contents of the carcasses were quantified. Serum testosterone and estradiol were assayed in males and females, respectively. Administration of CRF significantly reduced body weight gain and food intake in male rats. No significant difference in those variables was observed between female rats treated with CRF and their controls infused with saline. Similarly, metabolizable energy intake and body energy gain were reduced in male rats infused with CRF, whereas no difference was observed between female animals treated with CRF and those infused with saline. In male rats, body fat and body protein contents were lower in CRF-treated than in saline-infused rats. In female rats, CRF did not affect body composition. Serum testosterone in male rats and serum estradiol in female animals were reduced after chronic infusion of CRF.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Ventilation in newborn rats after gestation at simulated high altitude

1991 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 1146-1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Gleed ◽  
J. P. Mortola
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Metabolic Adaptation ◽  
Newborn Rats ◽  
Pregnant Rats

Pregnant rats were kept at a simulated altitude of 4,500 m (PO2 91 Torr) for the whole of gestation and returned to sea level 1 day after giving birth. During pregnancy, body weight gain and food intake were approximately 30% less than in controls at sea level. Measurements were made on the 1-day-old (HYPO) pups after a few hours at sea level. In normoxia, ventilation (VE) measured by flow plethysmography was more (+17%) and O2 consumption (VO2) measured by a manometric method was less (-19%) than in control (CONT) pups; in HYPO pups VE/VO2 was 44% greater than in CONT pups. In acute hyperoxia, VE/VO2 of HYPO and CONT pups decreased by a similar amount (15-20%), indicating some limitation in O2 availability for both groups of pups in normoxia. However, VE/VO2 of HYPO pups, even in hyperoxia, remained above (+34%) that of CONT pups. HYPO pups weighed slightly less than CONT pups, their lungs were hypoplastic, and their hearts were a larger fraction of body weight. An additional group of female rats was acclimatized (8 days) to high altitude before insemination. During pregnancy, body weight gain and food intake of these females were similar to those of pregnant rats at sea level. Measurements on the 1-day-old pups of this group were similar to those of HYPO pups. We conclude that newborn rats born after hypoxic gestation present metabolic adaptation (low VO2) and acclimatization (high VE/VO2), possibly because of hypoxemia. Maternal acclimatization before insemination substantially alters maternal growth in hypoxia but does not affect neonatal outcome.

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