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Lab Animal Diet and Diabetes

The use of OpenSource diets for studies
of obesity and diabetes allows the
researcher to test the effects of specific
diet constituents on the genesis and
progression of these related diseases.
For example, it has been well-
documented that both the amount and
type of dietary fat and carbohydrates

Diet- Induced Disease Models

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>Obesity
>Diabetes
>Metabolic Syndrome
>Cancer
>Osteoporosis
>Atherosclerosis
>Hypertension

can have pronounced effects on body adiposity and parameters of glucose metabolism.

Pelleted Diets up to 60 kcal% fat
Research Diets has pioneered and developed proprietary methods for pelleting OpenSource, high fat diets for laboratory animals. We can formulate and pellet diets with up to 60 kcal%
fat, containing varying types of fats and carbohydrates. It has been our long standing practice to work side by side with the researcher to formulate diets that will meet their needs. Our diet #
C13004 is used to induce Type 2 Diabetes in Charles River Laboratories ZDF female obese rats.

Contact our Resource Center for valuable insight from years of product experience and publications in the field of diabetes. Let us formulate the diets to meet your specific study needs
because, this is what we do.