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Nutrition of the Domestic Cat, a Mammalian Carnivore

Nutrition of the Domestic Cat, a Mammalian Carnivore Wild or domesticated carnivores belonging to the family Felidae were kept in a captive or semidomesticated state by the Egyptians at least 3000 years ago (264). Despite this long association between humans and carnivores, precise infonnation on the nutritional requirements of these mammals has been lacking until relatively recently. This review focuses on unique aspects of the nutrition of the domestic cat (Felis domesticus), the most thoroughly studied mammalian carnivore. It is our thesis that the domestic cat is a good model for studying the peculiarities in the nutrition of carnivores. The ancestral origin of the domestic cat F. domesticus and the precise date of its domestication are open to dispute. Resolution of both of these questions is hampered by the fact that there were relatively few skeletal changes in the cat after its domestication. The cat may have been domesticated by the Egyptians as early as 3000 Be, but Zeuner (264) considers the evidence ambiguous. hi any case, the cat was clearly domesticated and regarded as a sacred animal by 1600 Be. Cats were sacred to the Egyptian goddess Bast of Bubastis and were regarded as her incarnation (35). According to the Roman historian Diodorus (circa 100 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Nutrition Annual Reviews

Nutrition of the Domestic Cat, a Mammalian Carnivore

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Annual Reviews
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Copyright 1984 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
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Review Articles
ISSN
0199-9885
eISSN
1545-4312
DOI
10.1146/annurev.nu.04.070184.002513
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6380542
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Abstract

Wild or domesticated carnivores belonging to the family Felidae were kept in a captive or semidomesticated state by the Egyptians at least 3000 years ago (264). Despite this long association between humans and carnivores, precise infonnation on the nutritional requirements of these mammals has been lacking until relatively recently. This review focuses on unique aspects of the nutrition of the domestic cat (Felis domesticus), the most thoroughly studied mammalian carnivore. It is our thesis that the domestic cat is a good model for studying the peculiarities in the nutrition of carnivores. The ancestral origin of the domestic cat F. domesticus and the precise date of its domestication are open to dispute. Resolution of both of these questions is hampered by the fact that there were relatively few skeletal changes in the cat after its domestication. The cat may have been domesticated by the Egyptians as early as 3000 Be, but Zeuner (264) considers the evidence ambiguous. hi any case, the cat was clearly domesticated and regarded as a sacred animal by 1600 Be. Cats were sacred to the Egyptian goddess Bast of Bubastis and were regarded as her incarnation (35). According to the Roman historian Diodorus (circa 100

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Annual Review of Nutrition – Annual Reviews

Published: Jul 1, 1984

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