Development of the digestive tract in the ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-228

  Iji, P A ^a,b   Van Der Walt, J G ^a   Brand, T S ^c   Boomker, E A ^a   Booyse, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Digestive tract; Enzyme activity; Growth; Ostriches

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ARGINASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; LIVER PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BODY GROWTH; CECUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DUODENUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; LIVER; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; POULTRY; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; AGE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARGE INTESTINE; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAMELUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GIZZARD; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0242543267     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003942031000136648     Document Type: Article

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