A comparison of gastrointestinal transit time in ten species of mammal
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 94 (3) , 735-737
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600028732
Abstract
The efficiency of digestion and absorption is dependent upon the rate at which digesta moves through the gastrointestinal tract. The following report describes the gastrointestinal transit for digesta markers given to ten species of mammals fed the same diet.Keywords
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