... performance in line with a graded dietary fat content from 8.3 to 41.7% fat, but not at higher fat levels. Asymptotic food intake Graded dietary fat levels Heat dissipation limitation Laboratory mouse Milk production The maximum rate of energy intake that animals can sustain over protracted...

... fed high-fat diets have reduced specific dynamic action and show improved reproductive performance, in agreement with predictions from the heat dissipation limitations theory. Central and peripheral limits Heat dissipation limit Dietary fat Asymptotic food intake Digestibility Lactation...

... lactating at 30°C had a significantly lower mean asymptotic food intake (12.4 g day -1 ) than those at 21°C (23.5 g day -1 ) and 8°C (28.6 g day -1 ). On average, mice at 30°C raised significantly fewer (9.8) and smaller (6.1 g) pups than those at 21°C (11.3 pups; 7.0 g per pup) and smaller pups than those...