Zoo Animals

With many zoos and wildlife parks focused on captive breeding programmes, nutritional aspects on a wide range of mammals are being investigated. With assistance from zoos, we have produced products which provide essential nutrients to improve diets for carnivores and primates. We can also manufacture milk replacers from an exhaustive list of mammal species kept in zoos.

Big Carnivore Supplement

Big Carnivore Supplement is a vitamin, mineral & essential nutrient supplement for carnivores including Big Cats, Hyenas, Hunting Dogs, Wolves & Dingoes.

Key Features

Add to an all-meat diet to balance the available vitamins & minerals.
Elevated levels of essential fatty acids for brain, skin & cell membrane development.
Contains added taurine, an essential nutrient for felids.

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On average, an all-meat diet contains adequate quantities of essential amino acids, nicotinamide, choline, potassium, sodium & selenium. Big Carnivore Supplement provides increased levels of the other essential nutrient listed below, which may be deficient in an all-meat diet (based on NRC recommendations for felines & canines).

Analysis

Nutrient	Composition (per kg)	Composition (per MJ of prepared meat)	Nutrient	Composition (per kg)	Composition (per MJ of prepared meat)
Retinol	50mg	216μg	Magnesium	3.6g	35mg
Cholecalciferol	750μg	1.05μg	Iron(Fe++)	2100mg	6.0mg
d-α-tocopherol	5300mg	7.8mg	Zinc	360mg	4.5mg
Phytomenadione	4.3mg	8.0μg	Manganese	400mg	600µg
Pantothenic Acid	170mg	1.2mg	Copper	120mg	300µg
Pyridoxine	140mg	0.8mg	Iodine	36mg	90µg
Riboflavin	110mg	0.4mg	Linoleic Acid	1800mg	230µg
Thiamine	170mg	0.4mg	Linolenic Acid	5000mg	85mg
Folic Acid	36mg	60µg	Arachidonic acid	28mg	110mg
Biotin	860µg	4.2µg	Eicosapentaenoic acid	690mg	46mg
Cyanocobalamin	690µg	6.0µg	Docosahexaenoic acid	370mg	16mg
Calcium	300g	440mg	Taurine	38g	53mg
Phosphorus	32g	360mg	Total carotenoids	3.6mg	5.0µg

Pack Sizes

5kg & 10kg.

To supplement an all-meat diet apply 10g (1 level tablespoon) of Big Carnivore Supplement per kg of meat. This can be done by slicing open a portion of meat and inserting the supplement into the cut.
Supplement rates are not applicable to animals fed on a whole-body diet.

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