Title:

Correction factors for important prey categories in the diet of domestic cats

Creator:

Liberg, O.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1982

Description:

Feeding experiments were carried out to estimate ratio between ingested amounts of prey, and undigested part of that same prey in faeces (=correction factors) of the domestic cat in Southern Sweden. It was found that only hair and feathers in faeces could be used to estimate such ratios. Variations in the ratios found were wide for large prey like adult rabbits. To determine amount of prey eaten per cat and day, defecation rate was also determined.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

diet ; energy requirements ; feeding experiments ; Felis domesticus ; prey categories ; kot domowy ; pokarm ; pożywienie ; ofiara

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

27

Issue:

9

Start page:

115

End page:

122

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.82-9

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng ; pol.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open