More efficient mastication allows increasing intake without compromising digestibility or necessitating a larger gut: Comparative feeding trials in banteng (Bos javanicus) and pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 504-512

  Schwarm, Angela ^a,b   Ortmann, Sylvia ^a   Wolf, Christian ^c   Streich, W Jürgen ^a   Clauss, Marcus ^d  

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

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foregut fermentation; Herbivore; Mean retention time; Particle size; Ruminant

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS JAVANICUS; EQUIDAE; HEXAPROTODON; HEXAPROTODON LIBERIENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 60449089614     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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