TY  - JOUR
AU  - Zhu, Wan-Long
AU  - , Hao Zhang
AU  - Zhang, Lin
AU  - kun Wang, Zheng
T1  - Effects of Photoperiod and Temperature on Energy Budgets and Endocrine Hormones Concentrations in Tupaia belangeri
JO  - Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry
Y1  - 2014
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
SP  - 280
EP  - 291
UR  - http://www.jspb.ru/issues/2014/N1/JSPB_2014_1_280-291.pdf

KW  - Tupaia belangeri
KW  - Energy budgets
KW  - Endocrine hormones concentrations
KW  - Temperature
KW  - Photoperiod




N1  - Owner: Алексей
N1  - Added to JabRef: 2014.02.01
N2  - Environmental  cues  play  important  roles  in  the  regulation  of  an  animal’s  physiology  and behavior.  In  the  present  study,  we  performed  a  factorial  experiment (temperature/photoperiod)  in  which Tupaia  belangeri was  acclimated  to  different photoperiods (long photoperiod, 16L:8D; short photoperiod, 8L:16D) and temperatures (warm, 30oC; cold, 5oC) to test the hypothesis that photoperiod, temperature, or both together can trigger  changes  in  energy  budgets  and  endocrine  hormones  concentrations.  The  results showed that temperature, photoperiod had a significant effect on energy intake, and digestible energy intake. Both short photoperiod and cold caused animal's gross energy intake to increase by 25.6% and 89.1 %, and caused digestible energy intake to increase by 24.1% and 83.5% respectively compared with that of the initial, but there was no significant interaction between photoperiod and temperature on energy intake and digestible energy intake. Temperature had significant effect on serum thyrotropin (TSH) concentrations, serum leptin level, photoperiod had a significant effect on TSH and melatonin. The present results suggested that  T. belangeri adapt cold stress or short photoperiod by increasing energy intake, and may be regulated by endocrine hormones. Furthermore, leptin and melatonin seem to be involved in the regulation of body mass and energy balance in T. belangeri.
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