Food / water intake
Objectives
The monitoring of food and / or water intake during a chronic study is required to adjust the daily dosing of any compound administration in diet or drinking water. Moreover, food/water intake monitoring could give useful information about health metabolic status of an animal during the evolution of a specific pathology like obesity / metabolic syndrome / diabetes.Summarized methodology
Food and / or water intake is recorded by the weighing of the food (specific feeders) and / or drinking bottle. It could be performed at different frequencies: from once during an entire study to several times-a-day (depending on client’s needs and treatment stability if administered in food and / or drinking water), and the same calibrated weighing device is dedicated to the entire study.Endpoints
- Pharmacological treatment dosing adjustment
- Monitoring of health status
Links to applicable Targeted disorders / Pathophysiological models
- Atherosclerosis
- BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)
- Diabetes
- ED (Erectile Dysfunction)
- Ejaculatory disorders (premature or delayed ejaculation / anejaculation)
- FSD (Female Sexual Dysfunction)
- Hypertension
- IC (Interstitial Cystitis) / Painful bladder syndrome
- Menopausal symptoms (vaginal atrophy, lubrication, hot flushes / flashes...)
- Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
- Myocardial Infarction
- NDO (Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity)
- OAB (Overactive Bladder)
- SCI (Spinal Cord Injury)
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