Functional foods provide health benefits if they are consumed on a regular basis as part of a
varied diet. In this review, we discuss the availability and role of functional foods in pet …

A widespread perception is that carnivores are limited by the amount of prey that can be
captured rather than their nutritional quality, and thus have no need to regulate …

Predation by domestic cats Felis catus can be a threat to biodiversity conservation, 1–3 but
its mitigation is controversial. 4 Confinement and collar-mounted devices can impede cat …

Domestic dogs diverged from grey wolves between 13 000 and 17 000 years ago when food
waste from human settlements provided a new niche. Compared to the carnivorous cat …

In this review we highlight recent advances in four areas in which nutrition shapes the
relationships between organisms: between plants and herbivores, between hosts and their …

The domestic cat's wild ancestors are obligate carnivores that consume prey containing only
minimal amounts of carbohydrates. Evolutionary events adapted the cat's metabolism and …

Nutritional geometry has shown the benefits of viewing nutrition in a multidimensional
context, in which foraging is viewed as a process of balancing the intake and use of multiple …

We apply nutritional geometry, a framework for modelling the interactive effects of nutrients
on animals, to help understand the role of modern environments in the obesity pandemic …

Nutrient balance is a strong determinant of animal fitness and demography. It is therefore
important to understand how the compositions of available foods relate to required balance …

Cats are obligate carnivores adapted to high‐protein diets, but are commonly fed diets rich
in carbohydrate. The aim of this study was to examine the food intake choices of cats when …