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Comparative nutrient digestibility of arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) on Svalbard and farm-raised blue foxes (Alopex lagopus)
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Arctic foxes from Svalbard (n=4) and farmed blue foxes (n=4) was used in a digestibility experiment with a high-carbohydrate feed to add more information to the nutritional physiology of the arctic fox, and to compare its digestive capacity with that of the farmed blue fox. The arctic fox has a diet containing mainly protein and fat from mammals and birds, while farmed blue foxes have been exposed to an omnivorous dietary regime for more than 80 generations. The experiment showed in general no difference in digestive capacity for protein and fat between the foxes (P>0.05), but for carbohydrates, including starch and glucose, the blue fox revealed higher digestibility values. The superior digestive capacity for carbohydrates in blue fox might be a result of a long-term selection of animals digesting dietary carbohydrates more efficiently, or that an early age exposition to dietary carbohydrates has given permanent improvement of the carbohydrate digestion in the gut.
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“Experiments involving members of the families Canidae and Mustelidae (Ahlstrøm and Skrede, 1998;Vhile et al., 2005;Ahlstrøm et al., 2003;Gugołek et al., 2013) revealed differences in the gastrointestinal function between wild and farmed animals.”
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Comparative Analysis of Nutrient Digestibility and Nitrogen Retention in Wild and Farmed Canids
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- Authors
- Ahlstrøm, Ø., Fuglei, E., & Mydland, L. T.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian Polar Institute (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Ahlstrøm, Øystein
- Venue
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-01
- Volume
- 134
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 63-68
- ISSN
- 1095-6433 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2047545838
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Keywords
- arctic fox, blue fox, nutrient digestibility, carbohydrate digestion, starch hydrolysis, protein digestion, lipid digestion, digestive capacity, omnivory, long-term selection, Svalbard
- MeSH terms
- Amino Acids, Animals, Animal Feed, Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Arctic Regions, Dietary Carbohydrates, Dietary Proteins, Digestion, Eating, Feces, Foxes, Male, Norway, Species Specificity
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