Research Article

Digestible Energy Intake and Digestive Efficiency of Human-Managed North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis)

Table 4

Nutrient content (dry matter basis) of complete diets used in diet trials for eight captive North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) held at three North Carolina institutions.

InstitutionGross energy (cal/g)Crude protein (%)Crude fat (%)

Institution A (n = 3)551673.615.7

Institution B (n = 3)527253.823.4

Institution C (n = 2)562253.729.9

Data are reported as median values.