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Consumo de agua en el gato
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Quizá a causa de su evolución, los gatos tienen tendencia a beber muy poco. Felis labica, el antepasado del gato europeo, vivía en el desierto y era capaz de concentrar su orina para evitar las pérdidas de agua. El gato de hoy ha conservado dicha capacidad, que aumenta el riesgo de formación de cálculos. Un individuo puede resistir sin comer durante varias semanas, pero unos pocos días sin agua bastan para poner en peligro su vida.
Los animales disponen de tres fuentes para satisfacer sus necesidades de agua:
- el agua que se les ofrece directamente para beber
- el agua contenida en los alimentos
- el agua sintetizada por el metabolismo energético (Beaver, 2003). El agua se produce por la oxidación de los lípidos y los carbohidratos (el metabolismo lipídico produce más cantidad de agua, pero el rendimiento del metabolismo glucídico es mejor). […]
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1Veterinary Behavior Consultations, St. Louis, MO, USA. 2,3Royal Canin Research Center, Aimargues, France.
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