The integration of digestion and osmoregulation in the avian gut

Biological Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-565

  Mcwhorter, Todd J ^a,b,d   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^c   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Digestion; Gastrointestinal tract; Microbial fermentation; Nutrient absorption; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DIGESTION; FOWL; HYPEROSMOLALITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OSMOREGULATION; REVIEW; SALT LOADING; SYMBIONT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350341231     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00086.x     Document Type: Review

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