title: Non-effect of Massachusetts cement kiln dust upon the food intake, body weight, or activity of female rats.
abstract: The addition of Georgia cement kiln dust to the diet of cattle or weanling male rats has been reported to increase body weight and feed efficiency. We attempted to replicate these effects by adding kiln dust to the Purina laboratory chow of adult female rats. Massachusetts cement kiln dust caused no significant change in food intake, weight gain, or activity. The kiln dust effect appears, therefore to depend upon (a) ingredients peculiar to Georgia kiln dust, (b) age (juveniles vs. adults), (c) sex and/or (d) deficiencies of the control diet.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D003252:Construction Materials; D004032:Diet; D004391:Dust; D004971:Estrus / Q000187:drug effects; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D008404:Massachusetts; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004391:Dust