The elevated nocturnal activity observed during restricted feeding decreased significantly during the successive period of ad libitum feeding (44±57; Ad libitum II vs. Restricted feeding in Fig. 2D; p = 0.02).
Seven-week-old female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized to sham-operated groups and fed either an ad libitum diet (SHAM-AL) or a CR diet (SHAM-CR); ovariectomy-operated groups were fed an ad libitum diet (OVX-AL) or a CR diet (OVX-CR).
Adult females fed an ad libitum diet had their highest hexamerin levels on day 18 when oocytes begin rapid growth.
All mice were fed an ad libitum standard chow diet (Rodent NIH-07; Zeigler Bros., Inc. PA; 3.79 kcal/g, with 24% energy derived from protein, 12% from fat, and 64% from carbohydrate) for 14 days as an adaptation period.
Phasmids were fed an ad libitum diet of privet (Ligustrum sp).
The pool naturally contained larval odonates and other predatory invertebrates (Calsbeek and Kuchta, pers. obs).. Tadpoles were held overnight in 5 gallon food-grade plastic buckets with filtered pond water, and were fed an ad libitum diet of boiled lettuce.
Nocturnal activity during 4-hour restricted feeding (558±420) increased in Bmal1−/− mice compared to the antecedent period of ad libitum feeding (204±178; Ad libitum I vs. Restricted feeding in Fig. 2D; p = 0.07) in 12L:12L.
Nutcrackers were fed a 95% ad libitum diet of turkey starter, parrot pellets, sunflower seeds, peanuts, pine nuts, mealworms, and vitamin supplement, as well as water and grit ad libitum.
Animals were aged 4 (n=4), 17 (n=3), 28 (n=4), and 37 (n=4) months, and fed a standard ab libitum (AL) diet.
Cows were fed a TMR ration ad libitum and milked twice daily.
