Raptor Nutrition
Check out this information from the "Bird of Prey Manangement Series
by Dr. Nick Fox and Dr. Nigel Borden.
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Chick |
Quail |
Mouse |
Rat |
|
| Total Energy (kj/g dry matter) |
25.8
|
23.3
|
24.8
|
26.4
|
| Protein (% dry matter) |
72.4
|
58.7
|
59.9
|
62.1
|
| Fat (% dry matter) |
22.6
|
27.8
|
29.9
|
31.5
|
| Water Content |
76.1
|
66.6
|
66.9
|
68.3
|
| Vitamin E (IU/100g dry matter) |
40.7
|
10.1
|
5.9
|
15.6
|
| Calcium (mg/kg) |
24.5
|
38.1
|
32.1
|
22.9
|
| Copper (mg/kg) |
2.7
|
2.8
|
3.8
|
1.3
|
| Iron (mg/kg) |
97.6
|
98.7
|
76.4
|
43.0
|
| Magnesium (mg/kg) |
535.9
|
665.6
|
431.9
|
247.3
|
| Maganese (mg/kg) |
11.0
|
7.5
|
5.3
|
2.9
|
| Zinc (mg/kg) |
74.1
|
54.7
|
44.0
|
35.0
|
Excerpted from the Bird of Prey Management Series by Dr. Nick Fox and Dr. Nigel Barton Data sources include: Forbes and Flint (2000) Raptor Nutrition. Sponsored by Honeybrook Farm and Lansdown Veterinary Hospital for the Campaign of Falconry; Nutrient content of domestic animals commonly fed to captive raptors. Raptor Research 31:267-272.
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