Feeding and digesting fiber and tannins by an herbivorous rodent, octodon degus (Rodentia: Caviomorpha)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 625-630

  Bozinovic, Francisco ^a   Novoa, F Fernando ^b   Sabat, Pablo ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Digestion; Feeding; Fiber; Herbivorous rodent; Tannin

Indexed keywords

SUCRASE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RODENTIA; TANNINS;

EID: 0031278902     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00480-X     Document Type: Article

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