Food Grinding Behavior: A Review of Causality and Influential Factors
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Reasons for the Rodent Food Grinding Phenomenon
3.1. Optimal Foraging Theory
3.2. Reduced Environmental Diversity
3.3. Rodent Nature
3.4. Hereditary Determination
3.5. Type of Table Manners
3.6. Self-Reinforcing Behavior
3.7. Nest Building
3.8. Contrafreeloading Behavior
4. Factors Affecting Rodent Food Grinding
4.1. Hardness of Food Particles
4.2. Food Availability and Food Intake Efficiency
4.3. Ingredients in Food
4.4. Length of Sleep
4.5. Aging of Animals
4.6. Intestinal Flora of Animals
4.7. Stress in Animals
4.8. Gene Expression
4.9. Other Factors
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tang, H.; Ge, W.-W.; Wei, W.-H.; Yang, S.-M.; Dai, X. Food Grinding Behavior: A Review of Causality and Influential Factors. Animals 2024, 14, 1865. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14131865
Tang H, Ge W-W, Wei W-H, Yang S-M, Dai X. Food Grinding Behavior: A Review of Causality and Influential Factors. Animals. 2024; 14(13):1865. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14131865
Chicago/Turabian StyleTang, Hao, Wei-Wei Ge, Wan-Hong Wei, Sheng-Mei Yang, and Xin Dai. 2024. "Food Grinding Behavior: A Review of Causality and Influential Factors" Animals 14, no. 13: 1865. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14131865