Digesta Passage Time, Digestibility, and Total Gut Fill in Captive Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata): Effects Food Type and Food Intake Level

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 390-405

  Sawada, Akiko ^a   Sakaguchi, Ei ^b   Hanya, Goro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digesta passage time; Digestibility; Macaca fuscata; Mean retention time; Total gut fill

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79952247627     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9476-5     Document Type: Article

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