Abstract Canine obesity negatively influences health and well-being appears to modify gastrointestinal microbiota populations. Restricted feeding of a specially formulated diet consequent weight loss may be used improve microbiota. In this study, we aimed determine the effects restricted on fecal populations obese dogs. All procedures were approved by University Illinois IACUC prior experimenta...

Restricted feeding (RF) during daytime is associated with anticipatory activity before feeding, marked hyperphagia after mealtime, adjustments in hepatic metabolism, and the expression of a food-entrained oscillator (FEO). 24 h rhythmicity of liver PPARα, β, and γ, peroxisomal markers (PMP70, AOX, and catalase), and free fatty acids (FFAs) during RF was evaluated. The effect of fasting-refeedin...