{"topic_id":"evidence_exotic_degu_nutrition","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_exotic_degu_nutrition\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Pet degu (Octodon degus) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC REST search (europepmc.org), query '(degu OR Octodon degus OR pet degu) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR husbandry)', 596 hits, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_degu_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 260\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 10\n  passed: 10\n  date: 2026-07-22\nsource_document: \"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41318612\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Europe PMC\"\n  title: \"Pet degu (Octodon degus) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\"\n  url: \"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41318612/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-22\"\n  ref: \"PMID 41318612\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\ncopyright_note: \"Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY) studies retained verbatim with attribution; non-Open-Access studies paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten).\"\nlicense: mixed\nauthority_tier: T2\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T2:oa-repo\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# Pet degu (Octodon degus) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\nSource: Europe PMC REST search, query \"(degu OR Octodon degus OR pet degu) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR husbandry)\", 596 hits (2026-07-22). 2 representative studies below (filtered for species + nutrition relevance).\n\n1. PMID 41318612 — Nutritional modulation of host physiology, behavior, and gut microbiome in the captive rodent Octodon degus. (Scientific reports, 2025). Abstract (opening): Diet is a key determinant of health by affecting nutrient metabolism, energy balance, body weight regulation, and mental health. The gut-brain axis is a critical pathway through wh *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n2. PMID 37905574 — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A 2023 study (Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde) compared commercially available feeds for rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, and degus against their natural-habitat diets and feeding behaviour, noting that commercial feeds can differ substantially in nutrient composition from the natural diet and may elicit different feeding patterns (abstract opening only; full detail not retrievable from the non-Open-Access record).\n\nNote: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_degu_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).\n\n## License & attribution\n\nMixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC /\nCC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific\nCC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries\n(numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37905574/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41318612/\n","sources":["Europe PMC — Pet degu (Octodon degus) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC) (retrieved 2026-07-22)"],"source":{"authority":"Europe PMC","title":"Pet degu (Octodon degus) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41318612/","retrieved":"2026-07-22","ref":"PMID 41318612","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41318612","verification_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_degu_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt"},"source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41318612","source_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_degu_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T2","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"mixed","display_grade":"B"},"tokens_estimated":260,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}