Effects of coprophagy on serum urea and the weight of the gastrointestinal tract of fed or fasted rats

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-268

  Levine, Seymour ^a   Saltzman, Arthur ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coprophagy; Gastrointestinal tract; Urea levels in serum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; COPROPHAGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032816861     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367799780578093     Document Type: Article

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