Nutritional and behavioral effects of gorge and fast feeding in captive lions

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-57

  Altman, Joanne D ^a   Gross, Kathy L ^b   Lowry, Stephen R ^b  

^a WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET RESTRICTION; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; INCREASED APPETITE; LION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN INTAKE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DIGESTION; UNITED STATES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA LEO;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; KANSAS; LIONS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 23844456639     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0801_4     Document Type: Article

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