Pagophagia in the albino rat.
Pagophagia, or ice-eating, is a common symptom of iron-deficiency anemia in humans. Rats made anemic by withdrawal of blood consume a significantly greater proportion of their daily water in the form of ice than nonanemic controls. Recovery from the anemia eliminates the pagophagia.
D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000150:complications*; D000818:Animals; D001815:Bloodletting; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007053:Ice; D010842:Pica / Q000209:etiology; D051381:Rats
D007053:Ice