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feeding behaviour

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feeding behaviour

Any action of an animal directed toward obtaining nutrients. Each species evolves methods of searching for, obtaining, and ingesting food for which it can successfully compete. Some species eat only one type of food, others a variety. Among invertebrates food choices are instinctual, while among vertebrates they are learned.



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The topics covered include: Huntington's disease genetics, clinical presentation and stages of progression; nutritional needs and how to achieve optimum nutrition; communication and swallowing problems and management; malnutrition screening; limitations in feeding behaviour (including the impact of cognitive problems); other nutritional problems--vomiting and constipation; tube feeding and also the ethical aspects of tube feeding; medication and nutrition.
Feeding behaviour and metabolic efficiency contribute to heterosis in Pacific oysters.
 
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