Obesity is a condition characterized by an excess of body fat, hyperphagia, hyperinsulinaemia and moderate hyperglycaemia (Bray & York, 1979). The lactating rat, despite being hyperphagic, is hypoinsulinaemic (Flint et al., 1979), moderately hypoglycaemic (Robinson et al., 1978) and may display an extensive catabolism of body fat (Steingrimsdottir et al., 1980; Rolls et al., 1984). The purpose ...

Obesity is generally associated with high intake of junk foods rich in energy, fat, sugar and salt combined with a dysfunctional control of appetite and lack of exercise. There is some evidence to suggest that appetite and body mass can be influenced by maternal food intake during the fetal and suckling life of an individual. However, the influence of a maternal junk food diet during pregnancy ...

the aim followed in the present study was to investigate the effects of different metabolizable protein (mp) levels on holstein cows, milk yield and composition, and as well on concentration of plasma metabolites in the cow,s early lactation. twenty - four holstein cows(bw 580±23, dim 30±7, parity 2.4±0.5) were randomly assigned to each one of the 4 dietary treatments containing 1) 10.60% (diet...

We have studied the morphological and quantitative aspects of the myenteric plexus neurons of the proximal colon in rats (Rattus norvegicus of Wistar strain) submitted to a protein deprivation during prenatal and lactation periods. Twenty pregnant dams were divided in four groups labeled according to the kind of nourishment they were given: Group NN, normal diet; Group DN, low protein diet duri...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Maternal undernutrition during pregnancy and/or lactation can alter the offspring's response to environmental challenges, and thus increases the risk of the development of metabolic diseases at a later age. However, whether maternal protein restriction can modulate glucose metabolism in the early life of offspring is less understood. Furthermore, we explored the potential unde...

An experiment was conducted in early lactating buffaloes for the period of 3 months in Jadakheria and Polisimal village of LimkhedaTaluka in Dahod district of Gujarat to assess the effect of supplementation of bypass fat on milk production, composition, body weight change and economic efficiency. Forty buffaloes in their 2nd and 3rd lactation were equally divided in completely randomized design...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD = Na + K Cl S in mEq/kg of DM) on lactation performance and blood acid-base balance of early-lactating dairy cows in hot weather. Thirty-six Holstein cows, 43 ± 13 d in milk were allocated into three groups (n=12) according to complete random block design. All diets contained 51% concentrate and 4...

Background This study aimed to assess the impact of perinatal high-fat (HF) diet in female Sprague-Dawley rats (F0) on glucose metabolism and islet function in their early life of second-generation of offspring (F2). Methods F0 rats were fed with a standard chow (SC) or HF diet for 8 weeks before mating, up to termination of lactation for their first-generation of offspring (F1-SC and F1-HF)....

2. Maximal lactational response in different experiments depended upon wha t Mg source was supplemented and the milk production level (stage of lactation) of cows . For midlactation cows supplemented with feed grad e magnesium phosphate, .48% total dietary Mg resulted in greatest milk yield . When midlactation cows were provided additional dietary Mg as Mg O maximal lactational response was obt...