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  • SELECTING PROPER Liquid Diets
    Liquid diets are available for multiple species for certain applications where a solid diet may not appropriate. Liquid diets can be used if an animal has trouble chewing food, as a vehicle to deliver research compounds or medications, or for other research-specific reasons like alcohol-intake studies. These diets are shipped as a powder for extended shelf life. These diets can be prepared quickly and easily using a blender. Ideally liquid diets should be prepared fresh daily, but some are micro-stabilized so that they can be prepared less frequently.

    Liquid diets are nutritionally complete and designed to be fed ad libitum, meaning animals have access to the diet throughout the day. These diets are not ideal for oral gavage as they are nutritionally diluted for suspension in water and easy flow through the delivery system. The amount of liquid diet required to feed each day would be labor intensive for animal care staff and would put an undue amount of stress on the animal if trying to deliver via oral gavage. Specialized liquid feeders are available for purchase through other vendors.

    For rodents, the most common liquid diets are the Lieber-DeCarli formulas, originally developed by Charles Lieber and Leonore DeCarli in 1982. These diets allow for the prolonged exposure of alcohol in a rodent model and allows for modification to calories provided by ethanol.

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    Bruijnzeel A.W., Small E., Pasek T.M., Yamada H. 2010. Corticotropin-releasing factor mediates the dysphoria-like state associated with alcohol withdrawal in rats. Behav. Brain. Res. 210; 288–291.

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    Zhao L., Cheng Z., Dhall D., et al. 2009. A novel corrective pullthrough surgery in a mouse model of Hirschsprung’s disease. J. Pediatr. Surg. 44; 759–766.

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    Phillips C.T., Palmiter R.D. 2008. Role of agouti-related protein-expressing neurons in lactation. Endocrinology 149; 544–550.

    Wu Q., Howell M.P., Cowley M.A., Palmiter R.D. 2008. Starvation after AgRP neuron ablation is independent of melanocortin signaling. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105; 2687–2692.

    Yang H., McNearney T.A., Chu R., et al. 2008. Enkephalin-encoding herpes simplex virus-1 decreases inflammation and hotplate sensitivity in a chronic pancreatitis model. Mol. Pain. 4; 8.
  • Liquid Diets