Sentences with phrase «rodent chow for»

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The rats were fed junk food consisting of cheese, chocolate bars, biscuits and marshmallows for 8 weeks, or a rodent chow high in fat (containing 60 %) for 5 weeks.

For four weeks, the researchers fed mice either a grain - based rodent chow, a high - fat diet (high fat and low fiber content with 5 percent cellulose as a source of fiber) or a high - fat diet supplemented with fiber (either fermentable inulin fiber or insoluble cellulose fiber).

Male or female (5 - 6 wks old) wild type and genetically modified mice (as required for individual investigator's protocols) will be fed a high fat high sucrose diet (from Research Diets ranging in fat from 45 - 58 % of calories as fat, 26 - 39 % carbohydrate (sucrose) and 16 % protein or control diets (10 % fat, 73 % carbohydrate, 16.4 % protein or rodent chow) for up to 16 weeks.

Rats were singly housed, fed rodent chow, given water ad libitum, and provided huts, bedding, chewable items, and cereal for enrichment.

Diet: The natural diet consists of seeds and plant materials, however as pets, hamsters do very well on a pelleted diet or rodent chow formulated for rats and mice.