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Effects of zinc deficiency on food intake and feeding patterns of rats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

J. K. Chesters  and
J. Quarterman
J. K. Chesters
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, AberdeenAB2 9SB
J. Quarterman
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, AberdeenAB2 9SB
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Abstract

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1. The effects of alterations of the protein and zinc concentrations of a semi-synthetic diet on the food intake and dietary preferences of Zn-deficient and normal rats have beencompared.

2. The voluntary food intake of Zn-deficient rats fell to 70% 96 of that of the controls. The day-to-day variation of intake increased markedly and was associated with a cyclical pattern of food consumption. When the food intake of deficient rats was slightly restricted the troughs of the cycles disappeared.

3. Concurrent with the fall in food intake, Zn-deficient rats ceased to gain weight, but a similar change was found with pair-fed controls.

4. Force-feeding Zn-deficient rats with 140 % of their voluntary intake rapidly induced signs of ill-health.

5. Reduction of the protein content of the diet from 20 to 5 % resulted in an increased food intake and the disappearance of the cyclical pattern of intake. Growth, however, was not renewed.

6. Zn-deficient rats responded to a Zn-supplemented diet within 1–2 h by an increased food intake.

7. Zn-deficient rats were able to discriminate between diets containing 6 and I ppm Zn when both diets were offered simultaneously.

8. The responses of Zn-deficient rats to Zn-containing diets did not occur if the diets did not contain protein.

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Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , December 1970 , pp. 1061 - 1069
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1970

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