Nutritional adequacy of two vegan diets for cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1670-1675

  Gray, Christina M ^a,c   Sellon, Rance K ^a   Freeman, Lisa M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VCA Shoreline Veterinary Referral Emergency Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMYLASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CHOLINE; COBALAMIN; CYSTEINE; ERGOCALCIFEROL; FERROUS SULFATE; FRUCTOKINASE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUTEN; GUAR GUM; INTESTINE ENZYME; LINOLEIC ACID; LYSINE; MANGANESE SULFATE; METHIONINE; NICOTINIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE; SOYBEAN OIL; TAURINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VITAMIN D; ZINC OXIDE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CARNIVORY; CARROT; CAT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYPERAMMONEMIA; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OAT; PEA; POTATO; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RICE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALIVA; SPECIES COMPARISON; UREA CYCLE; VEGETARIAN DIET; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHEAT GERM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CATS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; INTESTINE, SMALL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; TAURINE; VEGETABLE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; DAUCUS CAROTA; FELIS CATUS; GLYCINE MAX; PISUM SATIVUM; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 10044293359     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1670     Document Type: Article

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