Rumination of different-sized particles in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and moose (Alces alces) on grass and browse diets, and implications for rumination in different ruminant feeding types

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-152

  Lauper, Murielle ^a   Lechner, Isabel ^a   Barboza, Perry S ^b   Collins, William B ^c   Hummel, Jürgen ^d   Codron, Daryl ^a,e   Clauss, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Browser; Digesta retention; Grazer; Rumen; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; CATTLE; DIET; EXCRETION; FOOD INTAKE; GRASS; HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RUMINANT; SILAGE; WILD POPULATION;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS;

EID: 84875374081     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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