The intraruminal papillation gradient in wild ruminants of different feeding types: Implications for rumen physiology

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 929-942

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Hofmann, Reinhold R ^b   Fickel, Jörns ^b   Streich, W Jürgen ^b   Hummel, Jürgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Browser; Grazer; Rumen; Rumen papillae; Surface enlargement factor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; MICROVILLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WILD ANIMAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MICROVILLI; RUMEN; RUMINANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 67649808029     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10729     Document Type: Article

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