Evaluation of nutrient digestibility and fecal characteristics of exotic felids fed horse- or beef-based diets: use of the domestic cat as a model for exotic felids

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of feeding commercially available beef- and horse-based diets on nutrient digestibility and fecal characteristics of large captive exotic felids and domestic cats. Four species of large exotic felids including cheetahs, Malayan tigers, jaguars...

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Ammonia
Ammonia - analysis
Animal Feed - analysis
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology
Animals
beef
Butyrates - analysis
captive animals
Cats
Cattle
comparative nutrition
Cross-Over Studies
Data processing
Diet
diet comparison
Diets
Digestibility
Digestion - physiology
domestic animals
Dry matter
Fatty acids
Fatty Acids - analysis
fecal analysis
Feces
Feces - chemistry
Feeding
Felidae
Felidae - physiology
feline
Female
horse meat
Horses
introduced species
Male
Meat
Meat - analysis
Nutrients
Organic matter
raw meat
Sex Factors
Species Specificity
title Evaluation of nutrient digestibility and fecal characteristics of exotic felids fed horse- or beef-based diets: use of the domestic cat as a model for exotic felids
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