Funding: This work was funded by the Scottish Government’s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division. Author contribution statement: JW developed the animal model, performed experiments, analysed the data and wrote the paper. RA and JM performed experiments and conducted the laboratory analysis. Acknowledgements: Dr Graham Horgan (Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland) provided statistical advice and Dr Clare Adam gifted the leptin antibody.Peer reviewedPostprin
