Nutrition and animal welfare

Ritskes‐Hoitinga, Merel; Strubbe, J.H.

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“…This probe also enabled us to monitor animal movement (activity) by differentiating the time course of the radio wave strength. The major peaks of activity were observed at 20–23 h and 3–8 h in the one-day trace of day 8 ( Figure 3A ), which overlapped with the time distribution of the animals’ feeding behavior reported previously ( Ritskes and Strubbe, 2007 and Tilston et al, 2019 ). The higher activity observed in C group might be associated with the feeding behavior related to the chow diet, for example, the time spent handling and masticating the diet.…”

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Mastication stimuli regulate the heartbeat rate through rhythmic regulation by the hypothalamic-autonomic system; molecular and telemetric studies in weaning-stage rats

Lee,

Tochinai,

Yasuoka

et al. 2023

Front. Neurosci.

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Mastication stimuli have been demonstrated to affect memory function and autonomic nerve activity; however, this process has not been well studied during weaning compared to old age. Previously, we conducted molecular analyses of the thalamus and hippocampus to elucidate the mechanisms underlying this memory-enhancing effect in weaning-stage rats. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of masticatory stimuli on the regulation of heartbeat rate (HR) through the hypothalamic-autonomic system. Three-week-old male rats were administered a powdered diet (P group) or chow-diet (C group) for 10 days. Thereafter, transcriptome analysis was performed. Vasopressin, cocaine-amphetamine-regulated transcript prepropeptide, corticotropin-releasing hormone, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone, which are involved in sympathetic activation of heart rate, were downregulated in the C group. Electrocardiograms were recorded continuously for 12 days under the same condition. Interestingly, rats in the C group had a significantly lower HR than those in the P group on day 11. We checked several parameters representing the autonomic regulation of HR. The C group had higher values for the high-frequency band integration of the HR power spectrum (parasympathetic marker) and root mean square successive difference of R-wave intervals (parasympathetic marker) relative to the P group. Such findings provide a molecular and physiological basis for understanding the regulation of cardiovascular function in response to masticatory stimuli in the autonomic nervous system.

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Mastication stimuli regulate the heartbeat rate through rhythmic regulation by the hypothalamic-autonomic system; molecular and telemetric studies in weaning-stage rats

Lee,

Tochinai,

Yasuoka

et al. 2023

Front. Neurosci.

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“…By achieving the welfare condition by ensuring the level and nutritional quality we can ensure the maintenance of the physiological and psychological balance of the animal, as it can better cope with environmental challenges (Ritskes-Hoitinga, M. [10]).…”

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Nutritional Level and Quality – Condition and Component of Animal Welfare

Sonea,

Gurau,

Chetroiu

et al. 2022

Annals of "Valahia" University of Târgovişte. Agriculture

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This paperwork highlights the role that plays the animal nutrition, in terms of level and quality, in relation to interdependence with other animal welfare criteria. It is necessary to apply nutritional strategies, taking into account the optimization of feeding conditions and nutritional intakes, in order to meet the objectives of animal welfare, which must take into account both health and environmental conditions, their maintenance and their service. In this way, the administration of food and the provision of all the necessary nutrients, depending on the species, the category of production, the physiological state must be applied in such a way that each animal has the freedom to express its normal behavior under conditions of well-being.

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“…Finally, restricting the availability of food causes the animal to go without food for a period each day. Care has to be taken to match food provision to the animal's chronobiological needs in order to minimise the consequences for physiology and behaviour (Kalsbeek and Strubbe 1998;Krohn, Ritskes-Hoitinga, and Svendsen 1999;Ritskes-Hoitinga and Strubbe 2004). Feeding rats (a nocturnal species) during daytime altered and reduced bile flow compared with feeding during the dark hours (Ritskes-Hoitinga and Strubbe 2004).…”

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The COST Manual of Laboratory Animal Care and Use

Howard¹,

Nevalainen²,

Perretta³

2016

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Cited by 7 publications

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Mastication stimuli regulate the heartbeat rate through rhythmic regulation by the hypothalamic-autonomic system; molecular and telemetric studies in weaning-stage rats

Mastication stimuli regulate the heartbeat rate through rhythmic regulation by the hypothalamic-autonomic system; molecular and telemetric studies in weaning-stage rats

Nutritional Level and Quality – Condition and Component of Animal Welfare

The COST Manual of Laboratory Animal Care and Use

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