Digestive efficiency in two small, wild ruminants: The dik-dik and suni antelopes

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-153

  Maloiy, G M O ^a   Clemens, E T ^b  

^a Inst Anim Physiol Biotech Res   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caecal; Dik dik antelope; Fermentation; Forage intake; Grewia leaves; Lucerne hay; Rumen; Suni antelope

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CECUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RUMINANT STOMACH;

GREWIA SINILIS;

EID: 0032752701     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00096-3     Document Type: Article

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