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Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural
Print version ISSN 0123-3068
Abstract
OSORIO, José Henry and CANAS, Eliana Zulay. METABOLIC BASES IN FELIS CATUS LINNAEUS, 1758 (CARNIVORA: FELIDAE). Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.1, pp.233-244. ISSN 0123-3068.
The present review analyses and updates the reader about domestic feline metabolism, through the following sections: anatomic and physiologic differences for digestive tract of domestic feline compare to other species, main characteristics of carbohydrate metabolism in domestic feline, characteristics in protein metabolism in domestic feline, essential fatty acids in domestic feline and primary hyperlipidemia in felines.
Keywords : fatty acids; carbohydrates; domestic cat; metabolism; lipids; proteins.