Histological aspects of the small intestine under variable feed restriction: The effects of short and intense restriction on a growing rabbit model

MAKOVICKÝ, P., TŮMOVÁ, E., VOLEK, Z., MAKOVICKÝ, P. & VODIČKA, P. Histological aspects of the small intestine under variable feed restriction: The effects of short and intense restriction on a growing rabbit model  . Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine,
MAKOVICKÝ, P., TŮMOVÁ, Eva, VOLEK, Zdeněk, MAKOVICKÝ, P. and VODIČKA, P. Histological aspects of the small intestine under variable feed restriction: The effects of short and intense restriction on a growing rabbit model. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 2014, 8, 1623-1627. ISSN 1792-0981.
Year2014
CathegoryScientific publication in impacted journals
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of seven days of feed restriction (between days 42 and 49) on the morphology of the small intestine in experimental rabbit models. Sixty weaned Hyplus rabbits (35 days old) were included in the experiment and split into three groups of 20 rabbits. The first control group (n=20) received feed ad libitum (ADL group), the second (R1) experimental group (n=20) was fed 50 g feed per rabbit per day and the third (R2) experimental group (n=20) received 65 g feed per rabbit per day. Duodenal samples were collected when the rabbits were aged 49, 56,63 and 70 days. The mean villus height, crypt depth and small intestine length were measured. Significant interactions (P