Diets of Selected Mammals
Freshwater Otter Diet | Percent (%) |
Ground horse or cow meat | 38 |
Ground beef heart | 20 |
Ground dry cat food | 13 |
Beet pulp | 2.9 |
Mirra-Coat® | 1.9 |
Calcium carbonate | 0.8 |
Poultry fat | 4.9 |
Water | 16.9 |
Lactose | 0.04 |
Yogurt | 0.72 |
Mineral-vitamin mix | 0.84 |
All ingredients should be combined in a large mixer, divided into daily portions, and frozen. Lactose for lactobacilli can be added in yogurt to help maintain freshness. Lactose and yogurt are optional. | |
Liquid Diet for Bats | Percent (%) |
Dry mix: | |
Mixed baby cereal | 20.7 |
Wheat germ | 4 |
Nonfat dried milk powder | 9 |
Calcium caseinate | 15.8 |
Sugar | 45.5 |
Protein supplement (casein-based) | 3 |
Mineral-vitamin mix | 2 |
The dry mix (100 g) should be mixed with canned peach nectar (540 mL), water (260 mL), and corn oil (6 mL), and fed with peeled bananas. | |
Large Herbivore Pellet for Grazers | Percent (%) |
Wheat middlings | 30 |
Alfalfa hay, sun-cured, ground (16% crude protein) | 22 |
Corn grain, ground | 19.1 |
Soybean meal without hulls (48% crude protein) | 11.4 |
Alfalfa meal, dehydrated (17% crude protein) | 10 |
Sugarcane molasses | 5 |
Soybean oil | 1 |
Phosphorus supplement | 0.8 |
Sodium chloride | 0.5 |
Mineral premixa | 0.1 |
Vitamin premixb | 0.1 |
Calculated composition (dry-matter basis): 89% dry matter, 19% crude protein, 4.3% fat, 16% acid detergent fiber, 12% crude fiber, 0.75% calcium, 0.7% phosphorus | |
a Mineral premix (mg/kg of premix): 75,000 Zn, 50,000 Fe, 30,000 Mn, 10,000 Cu, 800 I, 200 Se, and 100 Co | |
b Vitamin premix (per kg of premix): 5,000,000 IU vitamin A, 400,000 IU vitamin D3, 200,000 mg vitamin E, 500,000 mg choline, 40,000 mg niacin, 20,000 mg pantothenic acid, 4,000 mg riboflavin, 20 mg vitamin B12 | |