caa a22 4500 475762835 CHVBK 20180406123556.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s005800070014 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s005800070014 Influence of Nutritionally Induced Anaemia on the Oestrous Cycle of Mice [Elektronische Daten] [V. Rathika, G. Archunan, V. Raghuraman] Abstract:: Investigations were carried out to evaluate the probable effect of anaemia due to food restriction on the oestrous cycle of mice. Female mice were divided into four groups and maintained on normal and restricted diet for 21 days as follows: Group I, maintained on ad libitum food; Group II, 25% diet restriction (2.7 g/day/animal); Group III, 50% diet restriction (1.8 g/day/animal; Group IV, 75% diet restriction (0.9 g/day/animal). Following 21 days diest restriction, the starved mice exhibited weight loss. Haemoglobin concentration and plasma protein levels were found to be reduced in direct proportion to the degree of diet restriction. The red blood cell (RBC) count did not vary much. These observations suggest that diet restriction may interfere with haemoglobin synthesis. Underfed mice exhibited a significant reduction in the average number of oestrous cycles compared to that of normally fed mice. Thus a probable influence of anaemia on mouse oestrous cycle is evident. Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2000 Key words: Amenorrhoea nationallicence Anaemia nationallicence Anoestrus nationallicence Haemoglobin nationallicence Mice nationallicence Rathika V. Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, IN aut Archunan G. Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, IN aut Raghuraman V. Varley's Laboratory and Research Institute, Thillai Nagar, Tiruchirppalli, India, IN aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s005800070014 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005800070014 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rathika V. Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, IN aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Archunan G. Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, IN aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Raghuraman V. Varley's Laboratory and Research Institute, Thillai Nagar, Tiruchirppalli, India, IN aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer