{"topic_id":"evidence_exotic_rat_mouse_nutrition","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_exotic_rat_mouse_nutrition\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Pet rat & mouse (companion Rodentia) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC REST search (europepmc.org), curated pet-nutrition query, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_rat_mouse_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 260\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 15\n  passed: 15\n  date: 2026-07-22\n---\n\n# Pet rat & mouse (companion Rodentia) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\nSource: Europe PMC REST search (curated), 2026-07-22. 3 representative pet/companion-animal nutrition studies (model-organism / production / wild-ecology papers excluded during contamination audit).\n\n1. PMID 41158305 — Prevalence and awareness of obesity and related husbandry practices in Estonian rabbits, guinea pigs, and rats. (Animal welfare (South Mimms, England), 2025). Abstract (opening): Obesity has significant implications regarding the welfare of companion animals. Data regarding obesity in exotic companion mammals (ECM) are sparse. The aim of this study was to i\n2. PMID 34101201 — Pet rat welfare in the United Kingdom: The good, the bad and the ugly. (The Veterinary record, 2021). Abstract (opening): To date, despite the substantial literature investigating how rats prefer to be kept in captivity, no research has been conducted to assess the housing, husbandry and health of pet\n3. PMID 31759446 — Disease Overview of the Urinary Tract in Exotic Companion Mammals and Tips on Clinical Management. (The veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice, 2020). Abstract (opening): Diseases of the urinary tract are reviewed, covering infectious (bacterial, viral, parasitic), degenerative, congenital, metabolic, nutritional, neoplastic, obstructive, and toxic \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_rat_mouse_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).\n","sources":[],"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."}