
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Green, B 
A1  - Eberhard, IH 
T1  - Energy Requirements and Sodium and Water Turnovers in Two Captive Marsupial Carnivores: the Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus Harrisii, and the Native Cat, Dasyurus Viverrinus.
JF  - Australian Journal of Zoology
JO  - Aust. J. Zool.
Y1  - 1979
VL  - 27
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9790001 
N2  - Captive Sarcophilus harrisii and Dasyurus viverrinus were fed on rats and provided with water ad libitum. Apparent dry matter digestibility was about 80% and apparent energy digestibility was about 88% in both species. The daily water turnover rate was approximately 130 ml per W*0.82 in both species, but S. harrisii obtained substantially more water by drinking than D. viverrinus. Sodium turnover rates were closely correlated with food consumption. 
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