Gastrointestinal transit times in young and old cats

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-90

  Peachey, S E ^a,b   Dawson, J M ^a   Harper, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cat; Chromium oxide; Feline; Gastric emptying; Gastrointestinal transit time; Octanoic acid; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; ISOTOPE; OCTANOIC ACID;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; NONHUMAN; STOMACH EMPTYING;

EID: 0033920930     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00189-6     Document Type: Article

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