Individual housing effects on food intake behavior in mice

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

M.R Rahim nejhad ¹ , وهاب Babapour ²

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Received: 2016-11-15 Accepted : 2016-11-15 Published : 2012-06-21

Keywords: loneliness, food intake, individual houseing,

Abstract :

  Individual housing is known as powerful factor in making chronic stress and many researches have shown its relation with  high risk of mortality and negative health consequences on human and other spices with social life from some complications like weight increasing diabetes,harmonic disorders.in this research,mice(14 male,14 female) divided into group and individually housed and the effects of 4 week individual housing on food intake in mice was considered by utilized food weighting.based on results,the received food in individual male and female mouse was less than group mouse as meaningful.individually housed male mice,in the 1 st &4th week have received less food in relation to group housed.but about food intake,individually housed female mice in the 1st &4th weeks,the result was similar to individual male mice and their taking rate food was less than group female mice as meaningful.received food rate of individually housed male mice was less than individually huosed female miceas meaningful that shows more effect of individual life on male mice.more researches are suggested to recognize mechanisms and also prevented methods,phamaceutical & non-pharmaceutical treatments,complications from individual houseing and social isolation.