Retrospective study on the energy requirements of adult colony cats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Kienzle, Ellen ^a   Edtstadtler Pietsch, Gertrude ^a   Rudnick, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cats; Energy requirements; Neutering; Overweight; Symposium

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 33745645223     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.7.1973s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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