No distinct difference in the excretion of large particles of varying size in a wild ruminant, the banteng (Bos javanicus)

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 531-533

  Schwarm, Angela ^a,b,c   Ortmann, Sylvia ^a   Wolf, Christian ^d   Clauss, Marcus ^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

Ingestion; Mastication; Particle size; Retention; Ruminant

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049128169     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0277-0     Document Type: Article

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