Digesta retention in the gastro-intestinal tract of the orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 551-558

  Caton, J M ^a   Hume, I D ^d   Hill, D M ^b   Harper, P ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Adelaide Zoo   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Colon fermentation; Digesta retention; Haustrated colon; Orang utan; Pongo pygmaeus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041906639     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02574830     Document Type: Article

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