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COVID-19 also a risk for wildlife

November 4, 2020November 11, 2020adminLeave a Comment

An international study has warned a wide range of mammals, including threatened species, are at risk of human-animal transmission of COVID-19, and have urged people to take sanitary precautions when in direct or indirect contact with wild or feral mammal species. Domestic cats, American mink, Egyptian fruit bats and North American deer mice are among […]

Hypercarnivory and the brain: protein requirements of cats reconsidered

January 19, 2011January 18, 2011adminLeave a Comment

The domestic hypercarnivores cat and mink have a higher protein requirement than other domestic mammals. This has been attributed to adaptation to a hypercarnivorous diet and subsequent loss of the ability to down regulate amino acid catabolism. A quantitative analysis of brain glucose requirements reveals that in cats on their natural diet, a significant proportion […]