NUTRITION ADVISORY GROUP HANDBOOK ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CAPTIVE AND FREE-RANGING ANIMALS Authors

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  • Susan D. Crissey
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The essence of nutritional assessment is to determine the adequacy of the diet so that risk of disease might be limited and productivity and longevity might be enhanced. Knowledge of nutritional status, whether of an individual or of an animal population, is important for evaluation of captive management or quality of the wild habitat. This technical paper reviews some of the techniques for assessing nutritional status and the challenges those assessments present.

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تاریخ انتشار 2002