The digestive strategy of the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Caton, J M ^a   Hill, D M ^a   Hume, I D ^a   Crook, G A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

caecum; common marmoset; digesta retention; digestive strategy; exudivore

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029949884     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(95)02013-6     Document Type: Article

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