Physical characteristics of rumen contents in two small ruminants of different feeding type, the mouflon (Ovis ammon musimon) and the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Zoology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-205

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Fritz, Julia ^b   Bayer, Dorothee ^a   Hummel, Jürgen ^c   Streich, W Jürgen ^d   Südekum, Karl Heinz ^c   Hatt, Jean Michel ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Browser; Digestive physiology; Feeding type; Grazer; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; DEER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH MUCOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEER; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; RUMEN; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

BOVIDAE; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON;

EID: 63549134348     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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