Refusal of Food Ingestion of Old Male BUF/Mna Rats in Metabolic Cages

Mutsushi Matsuyama^1, and Kazuo Kato²

¹Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake-shi, Aichi-ken Japan

²Department of Pathology, Chubu Rousai Hospital, 1-10-6 Komei, Minato-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 455-8530, Japan

Cite this paper:
Mutsushi Matsuyama and Kazuo Kato. Refusal of Food Ingestion of Old Male BUF/Mna Rats in Metabolic Cages . Research in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. 2015; 3(1):5-6. doi: 10.12691/rpbs-3-1-2

Abstract

Forty-four percent of old male BUF/Mna rats showed refusal of food intake when they were isolated in metabolic cages.

Keywords:
refusal of food ingestion old male BUF/Mna rats metabolic cage

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