Methane output of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) fed a hay-only diet: Implications for the scaling of methane production with body mass in non-ruminant mammalian herbivores

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 177-181

  Franz, Ragna ^a   Soliva, Carla R ^b   Kreuzer, Michael ^b   Hummel, Jürgen ^c   Clauss, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Caecum fermenter; Digestion; Herbivory; Hindgut fermenter

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CAVIA PORCELLUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GUINEA PIG; HAY; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT;

CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; EQUIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROCAVIIDAE;

EID: 78649633741     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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