Captive roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) select for low amounts of tannic acid but not quebracho: Fluctuation of preferences and potential benefits

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 369-382

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Lason, Karin ^b   Gehrke, Janin ^b   Lechner Doll, Matthias ^b   Fickel, Jörns ^b   Grune, Tilman ^c   Streich, W Jürgen ^b  

^a Institute of Animal Physiology   (Germany)

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

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidant status; Food intake; Mass gain; Preference trial; Ruminant; Salivary tannin binding proteins; Tannin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; TANNIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; SCHINOPSIS BALANSAE;

EID: 1542502880     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00244-6     Document Type: Article

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