Mice were housed at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus or at the German Institute of Human Nutrition in ventilated cages on a 12 h / 12 h light / dark cycle and fed standard
chow ad libitum.
Not exact matches
Rats were singly housed, fed rodent
chow, given water
ad libitum, and provided huts, bedding, chewable items, and cereal for enrichment.
Macaques received food (monkey
chow) and water
ad libitum, and standard enrichment (food supplements, manipulatable items in cage, human interaction with caretakers, perches or swings).
Mice were caged in groups of no more than five, fed mouse
chow and given water
ad libitum, and provided huts, bedding and chewable items for enrichment.
Mice were weaned at 3 weeks, maintained on a 12 - hour light cycle, and had
ad libitum access to water and a standard rodent
chow diet (PicoLab Rodent Diet 20, 5053; LabDiet) or a high - fat diet (TD.88137; Harlan Teklad).
One study has tested the efficacy of IER (100 % ER / alternate days) in preventing the development of high - fat diet - induced insulin resistance (IR).54 In this study, rats received
ad libitum access to either standard (control) or high - fat
chow.
Protein deficiency is a strong driver of appetite, especially during pregnancy, so it's likely that if the mice had been allowed to feed
ad libitum there would have been no problems on a 10 % protein
chow.