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Chapter 22: Feeding Reproducing Cats References

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Kirk CA, Rogers QR, Morris JG. Relationship of dietary taurine to reproductive efficiency in the queen. International Symposium on Amino Acids, Vienna, Austria, August 1995.

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Morris JG, Rogers QR. Assessment of the nutritional adequacy of pet foods through the life cycle. Journal of Nutrition 1994; 124: 2520S-2534S.

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Yu S, Rogers QR, Morris JG. Effect of low levels of dietary tyrosine on the hair colour of cats. Journal of Small Animal Practice 2001; 42: 176-180.


Box 22-1 Bibliography

Biddle D, Macintire DK. Obstetrical emergencies. Clinical techniques in small animal practice 2000; 15(2): 88-93.

Fascetti AJ, Hickman MA. Preparturient hypocalcemia in four cats. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 1999; 215(8): 1127-1129.

Grundy SA, Davidson AP. Feline reproduction. In: Ettinger SJ, Feldman EC, eds. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 6th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders, 2005; 1706.

Root Kustritz MV. Clinical management of pregnancy in cats. Theriogenology 2006; 66: 145-150.

Wallace MS, Davidson AP. Abnormalities in pregnancy, parturition, and the periparturient period. In: Ettinger SJ, Feldman EC, eds. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Co, 1995; 1614-1623.



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