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| Title: |
Black rhino nutrition: an overview |
| Author(s): |
Dierenfeld, E.S. |
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1995 |
| Journal: |
Around the Horn |
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3 (1) |
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10-12, fig. 1 |
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| Constituents of food
Macromineral (%) Trace Element (mg/kg)
Ca 0.7-6.1 Cu 3.0-16.1
K 0.3-2.0 Fe 29-215
Mg 0.1-0.9 Mn 4.0-269
Na 0.001-0.65 Se 0.02-0.04
P 0.05-0.26 Zn 2.5-96.3
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| With an average body mass of > 1000 kg, rhinos spend > 1/3 of day (and much of night) eating, consuming up to 2.5% of body mass daily. Zoo studies quantified hay intake of black rhinos at 1.1 % or 1.6 % of body mass (14 and 21 kg for grass and alfalfa hay, respectively), whereas animals consumin... |
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Black rhino nutrition: an overview
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