Zinc deficiency conditions food aversions in rats.
Zinc (Zn) deficiency is shown to condition aversion to the Zn-deficient diet. After development of a Zn deficiency syndrome during which consumption of the deficient diet decreased, rats readily consumed a familiar Zn-normal diet. After Zn repletion, the previously deficient animals continued to avoid the Zn-deficient diet. These results would not be predicted by the competing hypothesis that Zn-deficiency is anorexigenic.
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Dallas Veterans Administration Medical Center, TX 75216.
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D000818:Animals; D001066:Appetite / Q000502:physiology*; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D001835:Body Weight; D004435:Eating; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015032:Zinc / Q000172:deficiency*
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