Differential passage of fluids and different-sized particles in fistulated oxen (Bos primigenius f. taurus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and moose (Alces alces): Rumen particle size discrimination is independent from contents stratification

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-222

  Lechner, Isabel ^a   Barboza, Perry ^b   Collins, William ^c   Fritz, Julia ^d   Günther, Detlef ^e   Hattendorf, Bodo ^e   Hummel, Jürgen ^f   Südekum, Karl Heinz ^f   Clauss, Marcus ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluid throughput; Particle retention; Particle size; Rumen physiology; Stratification; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; DIET; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUID FLOW; FLUID RETENTION; MALE; MOOSE; MUSKOXEN; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; REINDEER; RUMINANT STOMACH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH JUICE;

ALCES ALCES; BOS; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 72049097117     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.10.040     Document Type: Article

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