Food consumption and retention time in captive whooping cranes (Grus americana)

Abstract 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1997)16:63.3.CO;2-J Food consumption, digesta retention time, and food preference were measured for captive whooping cranes fed pelleted diets. The basal commercial diet was compared to four mixtures containing 70% basal and 30% of one of four important winter foods for the whooping crane: blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), wolfberry fruit (Lycium carolinianum), live oak acorn […]