The effect of ageing on nutrient digestibility by cats fed beef tallow-, sunflower oil- or olive oil-enriched diets

Growth, Development and Aging

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 61-70

  Peachey, S E ^a   Dawson, J M ^a   Harper, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cat; Digestibility; Fatty acids; Feline; Gerontology; Mono unsaturated; Poly unsaturated; Saturated

Indexed keywords

FAT; FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SUNFLOWER OIL;

ABSORPTION; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASH; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ENERGY; FAT INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MEAT; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; PLANT OILS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; HELIANTHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032834864     PISSN: 10411232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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