Role of the furrow of the proximal colon in the production of soft and hard feces in nutrias, Myocastor coypus

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 531-535

  Takahashi, T ^a,b   Sakaguchi, E ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Digesta; Furrow of proximal colon; Large intestine; Myocastor coypus; Nutrias; Soft and hard feces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033733303     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600000131     Document Type: Article

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