The carnivore connection to nutrition in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1559-1567

  Zoran, Debra L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARNIVORE; CAT; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0036892214     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.1559     Document Type: Review

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