Torpor induced at any season by suppression of food proteins in a hibernator, the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus L.)

Effects of food availability and ambient temperature on hibernation in the Japanese dormouse,Glirulus japonicus

“…According to Montoya et al (1979), single-food diets lacking protein (such as an apple-only diet) induce a torpor in the garden dormouse comparable to that provoked by starvation, although the physiological mechanism of the induction is unknown. It is therefore likely that the animals in Shimoizumi's experiments were in a starvation-like state because of the poor quality of food and easily entered into torpor when the Ta was favorable.…”

Effects of food availability and ambient temperature on hibernation in the Japanese dormouse,Glirulus japonicus

“…According to Montoya et al (1979), single-food diets lacking protein (such as an apple-only diet) induce a torpor in the garden dormouse comparable to that provoked by starvation, although the physiological mechanism of the induction is unknown. It is therefore likely that the animals in Shimoizumi's experiments were in a starvation-like state because of the poor quality of food and easily entered into torpor when the Ta was favorable.…”

Protein restriction does not affect body temperature pattern in female mice

“…Therefore, it is possible that the mice we tested did not express daily torpor following restriction of protein in their diet because they increased the frequency of coprophagy. Torpor in the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus , which does not have a cecum, was induced by protein deficiency even though energy requirements were amply satisfied [ 17 ], indicating that they may not ingest microbial proteins by coprophagy. This would suggest that our results are not generally applicable to all mammalian species.…”

Thermoregulation and patterns of torpor in the spectacled dormouse,Graphiurus ocularis(A. Smith 1829) (Gliridae)

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Effects of food availability and ambient temperature on hibernation in the Japanese dormouse,Glirulus japonicus

“…According to Montoya et al (1979), single-food diets lacking protein (such as an apple-only diet) induce a torpor in the garden dormouse comparable to that provoked by starvation, although the physiological mechanism of the induction is unknown. It is therefore likely that the animals in Shimoizumi's experiments were in a starvation-like state because of the poor quality of food and easily entered into torpor when the Ta was favorable.…”

Protein restriction does not affect body temperature pattern in female mice

“…Therefore, it is possible that the mice we tested did not express daily torpor following restriction of protein in their diet because they increased the frequency of coprophagy. Torpor in the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus , which does not have a cecum, was induced by protein deficiency even though energy requirements were amply satisfied [ 17 ], indicating that they may not ingest microbial proteins by coprophagy. This would suggest that our results are not generally applicable to all mammalian species.…”

Thermoregulation and patterns of torpor in the spectacled dormouse,Graphiurus ocularis(A. Smith 1829) (Gliridae)

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Effects of food availability and ambient temperature on hibernation in the Japanese dormouse,Glirulus japonicus

“…According to Montoya et al (1979), single-food diets lacking protein (such as an apple-only diet) induce a torpor in the garden dormouse comparable to that provoked by starvation, although the physiological mechanism of the induction is unknown. It is therefore likely that the animals in Shimoizumi's experiments were in a starvation-like state because of the poor quality of food and easily entered into torpor when the Ta was favorable.…”

Protein restriction does not affect body temperature pattern in female mice

“…Therefore, it is possible that the mice we tested did not express daily torpor following restriction of protein in their diet because they increased the frequency of coprophagy. Torpor in the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus , which does not have a cecum, was induced by protein deficiency even though energy requirements were amply satisfied [ 17 ], indicating that they may not ingest microbial proteins by coprophagy. This would suggest that our results are not generally applicable to all mammalian species.…”

Thermoregulation and patterns of torpor in the spectacled dormouse,Graphiurus ocularis(A. Smith 1829) (Gliridae)

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