Coprophagy in iron-deficient rats
Open Access
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Laboratory Animals
- Vol. 16 (2) , 204-207
- https://doi.org/10.1258/002367782781110098
Abstract
An attempt was made to prevent coprophagy in iron-deficient rats using plastic anal cups. Considerable damage to the anal cups occurred as a result of gnawing over periods up to 4 days. Haemoglobin iron determinations in rats with and without cups suggested that the cups had been partially successful in preventing recycling of dietary iron, and that coprophagy may be a significant factor in interpretation of haemoglobin regeneration studies on rodents.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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