Relationships between hormone-induced and compensatory weight changes in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus).
1. In connection with a study of hormonal effects on food consumption in reindeer, weight changes during treatment were compared with weight changes during a 3-week period following treatment. 2. Rates of weight change during the post-treatment period were inversely proportional to induced weight changes. 3. This inverse relationship is interpreted as evidence for a functional set-point for body weight in reindeer.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects*; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D011388:Prolactin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012053:Reindeer / Q000502:physiology*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000494:pharmacology
D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D011388:Prolactin; D013974:Thyroxine