Passage marker excretion in red kangaroo (Macropus rufus), collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) and colobine monkeys (Colobus angolensis, C. polykomos, Trachypithecus johnii)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 647-661

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

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

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BODY FLUID; COLOBINAE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; COLOBUS; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MACROPODIDAE; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

BOVIDAE; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS; MACROPUS RUFUS; PECARI TAJACU; TRACHYPITHECUS JOHNII;

EID: 70449354722     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.552     Document Type: Article

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