PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE DIGESTIVE ENZYME SYSTEM OF THE BEAVER (CASTOR CANADENSIS)
- 1 June 1957
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 35 (3) , 449-452
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z57-036
Abstract
Results presented suggest that gastric digestion in the beaver is similar to that in other mammals. The more or less elaborate cardiogastric cellular system of the beaver seems to be concerned with the elaboration of pepsin and does not produce a mammalian cellulase. Some evidence of cellulolytic activity has been found in the caecal contents and is attributed to a commensal microflora. Pancreatic amylolytic activity of the beaver per unit body mass appears to be somewhat lower than in the pig.Keywords
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