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Comparison Of Feed Energy Costs Of Maintenance, Lean Deposition, And Fat Deposition In Three Lines Of Mice Selected For Heat Loss, D. L. Eggert, Merlyn K. Nielsen

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Three replications of mouse selection populations for high heat loss (MH), low heat loss (ML), and a nonselected control (MC) were used to estimate the feed energy costs of maintenance and gain and to test whether selection had changed these costs. At 21 and 49 d of age, mice were weighed and subjected to dual x-ray densitometry measurement for prediction of body composition. At 21 d, mice were randomly assigned to an ad libitum, an 80% of ad libitum, or a 60% of ad libitum feeding group for 28-d collection of individual feed intake. Data were analyzed using 3 approaches. …