Application of agar-fill method to estimate compartment capacity of gastrointestinal tract in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auretus)

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 833-840

  Sasaki, Osamu ^a,b   Shinohara, Hisashi ^a   Yamagishi, Toshihiro ^a   Nishida, Akira ^a   Mizuma, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Gastrointestinal tract capacity; Retention time; Syrian hamsters

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AGAR; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; METHODS; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0030462957     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19960090     Document Type: Article

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