Dietary nutrient profiles of wild wolves: Insights for optimal dog nutrition?

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages S40-S54

  Bosch, Guido ^a   Hagen Plantinga, Esther A ^b   Hendriks, Wouter H ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cats; Dietary recommendations; Dogs; Feeding ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORE; CAT; DIETARY INTAKE; DOG; DOG BREED; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUNGER; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OMNIVORE; PREY; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CONTENT; WILD ANIMAL; WOLF; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET; FELIDAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PET ANIMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VETERINARY;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RATTUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATS; DIET; DOGS; FELIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PETS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOLVES;

EID: 84925287223     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514002311     Document Type: Article

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