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Session 3: Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates
Pages 97-104

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... Third, the animals addressed here are not domestic animals raised and bred for maximum efficiency in Reprinted from National Research Council (2003~.
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... We chose not to go beyond what the data allow and we have grounded our recommendations firmly in scientific fact. To deviate from this approach, to venture beyond the scientific evidence, or to attempt to provide equations and estimates that cannot be validated as they are validated in domestic food-producing animals could potentially do more harm than good to the approximately half million primates currently maintained in biomedical and conservation institutions throughout the world.
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From page 101...
... Tables include data on body weight, measured energy expenditures, and estimates of daily metabolizable-energy requirements as multiples of basal metabolic rate. Chapter 3 discusses first the classification of carbohydrates, their characteristics, digestion, metabolism, and analysis and then discusses analytic systems for fiber, the role of dietary fiber in primate gastrointestinal health, and potentially beneficial dietary fiber concentrations.
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From page 102...
... Similarly, Chapter 6 provides the first review and discussion of sulfur and cobalt in primate nutrition by the National Research Council Committee on Animal Nutrition. Mineral requirements of several primate species at various ages are given.
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... The Appendix contains a scheme of taxonomic relationships within the Primate Order, including scientific and common names, plus tables of weight equivalents and weight-unit conversion factors. The Committee has concluded that appropriately formulated nutritionally complete diets best serve the health and welfare needs of most captive primates.
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... Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council.
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  • nonhuman primates
  • primate species
  • fatty acids
  • nutrient concentrations
  • animal nutrition

  • minimal dietary
  • dry matter
  • energy requirements
  • captive primates
  • dietary dry

  • dietary fiber
  • laboratory animals
  • quantitative requirements
  • life stages
  • primate order

  • discusses food
  • water turnover
  • adult maintenance
  • taxonomic relationships
  • various ages

  • tract dictate
  • water quality
  • energy terms
  • dietary nutrient
  • measured energy

  • physiologic stages
  • virtually impossible
  • determine energy
  • including scientific
  • introducing solid


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