To investigate the effects of feeding restricted on growth, carcass characteristics and plasma profiles in an attempt for optimum responses, a total of 108 cross-bred finishing barrows [(Landrace×Yorkshire)×Duroc]weighing an average of 46.88±0.52 kg were assigned in a randomized complete block (RCB) design to one of four treatments with three replicates and nine pigs per pen. Feeding regimens w...

forty-two weaned lori-bakhtiari lambs were taken in an investigation for the effects of two-nutritional management methods of restricted vs. re-alimentation feeding on intake, growth and as well on the cost benefit analysis. during the feed restriction period (frp), the control (c) animals were fed low-quality roughage ad libitum, plus mixed concentrate. the restricted animals (r) were fed only...

BACKGROUND We have previously shown that dietary iron restriction prevents the development of renal damage in a rat model of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, iron deficiency is associated with appetite loss. In addition, calorie restriction is reported to prevent the development of end-stage renal pathology in CKD rats. Thus, the beneficial effect of iron restriction on renal damage may d...

Attention is drawn to several comparisons of the ARC feeding system with other systems. Recent Australian adaptations of ME standards for drought feeding of sheep and for cattle feeding are described. There is a need to adapt any feeding standards to the biology of the pastoral system. It is concluded that the Australia-wide adoption of ME based feeding standards would be helpful in promoting a...

Restricted feeding schedules entrain behavioral and physiological circadian rhythms, which depend on a food-entrainable oscillator (FEO). The mechanism of the FEO might depend on digestive and endocrine processes regulating energy balance. The present study characterizes the dynamics of circulating corticosterone, insulin, and glucagon and regulatory parameters of liver metabolism in rats under...

To investigate which brain regions are involved in the anticipatory activity in rats restricted feeding for 2 hr, we examined cFos expression before and after feeding. Only the thalamic paraventricular nucleus (tPVN) showed c-Fos expression before feeding than after feeding. After the anticipatory locomotor activity rhythm was established, lesioning the tPVN attenuated this rhythm, but not the ...

The cerebellum participates in motor coordination as well as in numerous cerebral processes, including temporal discrimination. Animals can predict daily timing of food availability, as manifested by food-anticipatory activity under restricted feeding. By studying ex vivo clock gene expression by in situ hybridization and recording in vitro Per1-luciferase bioluminescence, we report that the ce...