Influence of pelage insulation and ambient temperature on energy intake and growth of juvenile Siberian hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 376-380

  Batavia, Mariska ^a   Matsushima, Ayako ^a   Eboigboden, Osaretin ^a   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; Fur; Growth; Siberian hamster; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHODOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; WEANING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRICETINAE; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR REMOVAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; PHODOPUS;

EID: 77956170999     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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