Response to fasting in an unnaturally obese carnivore, the captive european polecat Mustela putorius

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 234, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1287-1295

  Mustonen, Anne Mari ^a   Puukka, Matti ^b   Rouvinen Watt, Kirsti ^c   Aho, Jari ^d   Asikainen, Juha ^a   Nieminen, Petteri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Municipal Veterinary Clinic of Joensuu   (Finland)

Author keywords

Endocrine response to fasting; Hepatic lipidosis; Mustela putorius; Unnatural obesity

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPIDOSIS; LIVER LIPIDOSIS; MALE; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MUSTELIDAE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; EUROPE; FASTING; FEMALE; FERRETS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLYCOGEN; HORMONES; LIPASE; LIVER; MALE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT LOSS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS;

EID: 70350521672     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/0904-RM-140     Document Type: Article

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