Functional Anatomy of the Omasum in High Arctic Svalbard Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) and Norwegian Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-40

  Mathiesen, S D ^a,c   Vader, M A ^a   Roedergard V B ^a   Sormo W ^a   Haga, O E ^a   Tyler, N J C ^a   Hofmann, R R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervid; Gastrointestinal tract; Rangifer; Ruminant

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LICHENS; METABOLISM; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; REINDEER; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEASON;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LICHENS; NORWAY; OMASUM; REINDEER; SEASONS;

EID: 0033642607     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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