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| Diet |
| Diet studies can be used to monitor the effects of compounds on the metabolism, weight gain or loss, or the effect on food intake in an animal. | |
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| Food Intake Studies |
| TThe effects of chronic drug administration on food intake can be measured in normal lean rats and diet-induced obese rats, Levin rats, or Zucker (Fatty rats). ...more info |
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| Pica Behavior |
| Non-specific decreases in food intake induced by gastrointestinal malaise can be difficult to detect as rats do not vomit in response to emetic stimuli and may therefore look behaviorally normal. However, it has been demonstrated that rats will eat inert substances such as kaolin which helps prevent the toxin being absorbed and possibly provides symptomatic relief. This behavior is called pica. |
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