Food and water intake in the non-deprived pigeon after chlordiazepoxide administration

✍ Scribed by Steven J. Cooper; Astrid Posadas-Andrews

• Book ID: 104786342
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 239 KB
• Volume: 65
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-3158
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00491987

✦ Synopsis

Food and water intake were measured in nondeprived pigeons over a 4h period during daytime. Under control conditions, the ratio of food to water intake was approximately 1 : 1, and both intakes were a simple linear function of time. Chlordiazepoxide (10mg/kg, i.m.) doubled the mean amount of food intake, whilst leaving water intake unchanged. This is a first indication that chlordiazepoxide can selectively stimulate appetite for food in an avian species. Some birds showed sedation foIlowing a first acute injection; its duration was shortened aRer repeated injections, and the hyperphagic response to the drug was revealed.