Evaluation of two milk replacers fed to hand-reared cheetah cubs (Acinonyx jubatus): Nutrient composition, apparent total tract digestibility, and comparison to maternal cheetah milk

Zoo Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 412-426

  Bell, Katherine M ^a   Rutherfurd, Shane M ^b   Cottam, Yvette H ^c   Hendriks, Wouter H ^d  

^a Cheetah Outreach Trust   (South Africa)

^b RIDDET INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Felid; Formula; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEETAH; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTION; ELEMENTAL DIET; FECES; METHODOLOGY; MILK; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACINONYX; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; FECES; FOOD, FORMULATED; MILK; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 79960963180     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20344     Document Type: Article

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