Research Article
Digestible Energy Intake and Digestive Efficiency of Human-Managed North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis)
Table 2
Percent distribution of food items in the diets of the captive North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) held at three North Carolina institutions (weight as fed).
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aEach diet was supplemented with thiamine and vitamin E. bCantaloupe, carrot, cauliflower, celery, green pepper, mango, mushroom, papaya, sugar pea, sweet potato, tomato, and whole peanuts. cBanana, blackberry, blueberry, broccoli, carrot, crayfish claw, hardboiled egg, krill, mushroom, nectarine, peanut butter, pear, sweet potato, whole clam, and whole shrimp with shell. |