Gonadectomy and high dietary fat but not high dietary carbohydrate induce gains in body weight and fat of domestic cats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 641-650

  Backus, Robert C ^a   Cave, Nick J ^b   Keisler, Duane H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Dietary fat; Ghrelin; Neutering; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; CASTRATION; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PEPTIDE HORMONES; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 34547995301     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507750869     Document Type: Article

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