Retention of solutes and different-sized particles in the digestive tract of the ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), and a comparison with mammals and reptiles

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-65

  Fritz, Julia ^a   Hammer, Sven ^b,g   Hebel, Christiana ^b   Arif, Abdi ^b   Michalke, Bernhard ^c   Dittmann, Marie T ^d,e   Müller, Dennis W H ^d,f   Clauss, Marcus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation   (Qatar)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f National Park 'Bavarian Forest'   (Germany)

^g Naturschutz Tierpark Görlitz e V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digestion; Maximum intake rate; Passage; Ratites; Ventriculus

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BODY MASS; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMU; EXCRETION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GOOSE; GROUSE; HERBIVORE; MALE; MAMMAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OPISTHOCOMUS HOAZIN; OSTRICH; PARTICLE SIZE; REPTILE; SOLUTE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; DROMAIIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OPISTHOCOMIDAE; OPISTHOCOMUS HOAZIN; REPTILIA; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 84862888971     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.05.184     Document Type: Article

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