The comparative nutrition of two passerine species: The canary (Serinus canarius) and the zebra finch (Poephila guttata)

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 12 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Harper, E J ^a   Lambert, L ^a   Moodie, N ^a  

^a WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canaries; Digestibility; Finches; Metabolizable energy

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; CANARY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; POEPHILA; POEPHILA GUTTATA; SERINUS; SERINUS CANARIUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031744158     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.12.2684s     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. Aschoff, U. & Pohl, H. (1970) Rhythmic variation in energy metabolism. Fed. Proc. 29: 1541-1552.
2. Bairlein, F. (1987) Nutritional requirements for maintenance of bodyweight and fat deposition in the long distance migratory garden warbler (Sylvia borin) Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 86A: 337-347.
3. Cox, G. W. (1961) The relation of energy requirements of tropical finches to distribution and migration. Ecology 42: 253-266.
4. Davis, E. A. (1955) Seasonal changes in the energy balance of the English Sparrow. Auk 72: 385-411.
5. Earle, K. E. and Clarke, N. R. (1991) The nutrition of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). J. Nutr. 121: S186-S192.
6. Holthuijzen, A.M.A. & Adkisson, C. S. (1984) Passage rate, energetics and utilization efficiency of the cedar waxwing. Wilson Bull. 96: 680-684.
7. Olson, J. B. (1965) Effect of Temperature and Season on the Bioenergetics of the Eastern Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla pusilla. Doctoral thesis, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
8. Taylor, E. J., Nott, H.M.R. & Earle, K. E. (1994) The nutrition of the canary (Serinus canarius). J. Nutr. 124: 2636S-2637S.