Nutrition of the cat

Dickinson, Cecilia D.; Scott, Patricia P.

doi:10.1079/bjn19560046

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“…The eighteen week weights of the conventional kittens was significantly less than that found by Dickinson and Scott (1956), (Table 11) who recorded weights of 1790 g weights of the SPF kittens was greater than that found by Dickinson and Scott.…”

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confidence: 56%

The Establishment oi a Specihc Pathogen Free Cat (Felis catus) Colony

Bleby

Lacey

1969

J of Small Animal Practice

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Abstract— —The establishment of the first Specific Pathogen Free cat (Felis catus L) colony in the U.K. is described. The application of anaesthesia and the techniques employed in hysterectomy are described, as also is a method of hand‐rearing kittens under conventional and SPF conditions. The formulae of diets used in rearing kittens from birth to maturity, and some details of body weight, are given. Cats free from endemic pathogens were produced with considerably improved breeding performance. It is likely that these results will have a marked effect on future methods of cat breeding. Résumé— —On décrit l'établissement de la première colonie de chats (Felis catus L) exempts d'organismes pathogènes spécifiques au Royaume‐Uni. Des techniques d'anesthésie et d'hystérec‐tomie qui ont été employées, aussi bien que la méthode d'élevage des chatons dans des conditions traditionnelles et S.P.F. sont décrites. La composition du régime utilist pour élever les chatons de la naissance a l'âge adultes et quelques détails sur la croissance sont donnés. Les chats exempts de germes pathogènes endémiques ont été produits ave une amélioration considérable des résultats de l'élevage. On peut s'attendre à une répercussion ultérieure importante de ces résultats sur les futures méthodes d'élevage du chat. Zusammenfassung— —Die Einrichtung der ersten spezifisch pathogenfreien Katzenkolonie (Felis catus L.) in Grossbritannien wird beschrieben. Ausserdem werden die Anwendung der Anästhesie und die bei der Hysterectomie gebrauchten Techniken sowie eine Methode der künstlichen Aufzucht des Wurfs unter herkömmlichen und spezifisch pathogenfreien Bedingungen beschrieben. Die Futtenusammensetzung bei der Aufzucht des Wurfs bis zur Reife und einige Einzelheiten übu das Körpergewicht werden angegeben. Von endemischen Pathogenen freie Katzen wurden mit beträchtlich verbesserter Zuchtleistung hervorgebracht. Es ist als wahrscheinlich anzunehmen, dass diese Ergebnisse einen wesentlichen Einfluss auf künftige Methoden der Katzenzucht haben werden.

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Section: Internalcontrasting

confidence: 56%

The Establishment oi a Specihc Pathogen Free Cat (Felis catus) Colony

Bleby

Lacey

1969

J of Small Animal Practice

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“…3B). The blue circles: locusts (Schistocerca cancellata, this study); orange circles: fish (early development in multiple species (reviewed in (Dabrowski, 1986)); gray circles: rats (Rattus rattus (Ricci and Levin, 2003)); red circles: chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus (Kaufman et al, 1978)); light blue circles: cats (Felis catus (Dickinson and Scott, 1956;Miller and Allison, 1958)); green circles: pigs (Sus domesticus (Black et al, 1986)); purple circles: caribou (Rangifer tarandus (McEwan, 1968)); brown circles: dairy cattle (Bos taurus (Crichton et al, 1959)). Diamonds represent the median value of each taxonomic group (matched by color), and the black dashed line is the across species regression.…”

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Body mass and growth rates predict protein intake across animals

Talal

Harrison

Farington

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Organisms require dietary macronutrients in specific ratios to maximize performance, and variation in macronutrient requirements plays a central role in niche determination. Although it is well-recognized that development and body size can have strong and predictable effects on many aspects of organismal function, we lack a predictive understanding of ontogenetic or scaling effects on macronutrient intake. We determined protein and carbohydrate intake throughout development on lab populations of locusts and tested whether lab responses can predict results for field populations. Self-selected protein:carbohydrate targets declined dramatically through ontogeny, due primarily to declines in mass-specific protein consumption rates which were highly correlated with declines in specific growth rates. Importantly, lab results for protein consumption rates predicted results for field-collected locusts. However, field locusts consumed nearly double the carbohydrate, likely due to higher activity and metabolic rates. Combining our results with the available data for animals, both across species and during ontogeny, protein consumption scaled predictably and hypometrically, demonstrating a new scaling rule key for understanding nutritional ecology.

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“…The stock diet was the afternoon meal, described by Dickinson i k Scott (1956), of two-thirds cooked potatoes mixed with one-third cooked fish, supplemented daily with small amounts of dried yeast and grass powder.…”

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