Weight gain in gonadectomized normal and lipoprotein lipase-deficient male domestic cats results from increased food intake and not decreased energy expenditure

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1866-1874

  Kanchuk, Marc L ^b   Backus, Robert C ^b   Calvert, Christopher C ^a   Morris, James G ^b   Rogers, Quinton R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Food intake; Insulin; Leptin; Metabolic rate; Neutering

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CALORIC INTAKE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GONADECTOMY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037977087     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.6.1866     Document Type: Article

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