Abstract
Sand rats, which are desert rodents, live in their natural environment one animal to a burrow and seem to feed on succulent plants rich in minerals and protein and of low caloric content. If these animals are colony caged and fed on a carbohydrate-rich and high-calorie rat pellet chow under laboratory conditions, most develop obesity-diabetes syndrome of differing degrees of severity. A small number of animals die early of a fulminating type of diabetes.
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von Dorsche, H.H., Schäfer, H., Titlbach, M. (1994). Conclusions. In: Histophysiology of the Obesity-Diabetes Syndrome in Sand Rats. Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 130. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78945-8_6
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