
%0 Journal Article
%A Green, B 
%A Eberhard, IH 
%T Energy Requirements and Sodium and Water Turnovers in Two Captive Marsupial Carnivores: the Tasmanian Devil, Sarcophilus Harrisii, and the Native Cat, Dasyurus Viverrinus.
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1979/02/01
%V 27
%N 1
%P 1-8
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9790001
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9790001 
%X 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. 
