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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
País: | Brazil
Título: | Effect of ascorbic acid on food preference and consumption in captive capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Autores: | Alvarez,Martín Roberto; Kravetz,Fernando Osvaldo.
Data: | 2009-06-01
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Vitamin C; Hydrochoeridae; Ecophysiology; Foraging; Nutrition; Feeding.
Resumo: | The aim of this work was to study the short and long term influences of ascorbic acid on Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, if supplemented in their food. No differences regarding food intake were observed in the absence of vitamin C. On a daily basis, animals accustomed to food containing ascorbic acid prefered to continue eating the same food. Food preference in capybaras did not seem to depend on ascorbic acid availability; however, when accustomed to vitamin C, capybaras might recognize and select ascorbic acid in subsequent food. Mechanisms allowing capybaras to "evaluate" the nutritional quality of their food are discussed, as well as the adaptive value of this behavior in free ranging populations.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000300011
Editor: | Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar
Relação: | 10.1590/S1516-89132009000300011
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology  v.52 n.3 2009
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess