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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"digestive physiology"”.
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Seabird digestive physiology in relation to foraging ecology
This study addresses the question: are seabirds digestive opportunists or specialists? The extent of specialization in seabird digestive processes to different diets and foraging methods, is investigated experimentally. Gut passage rates of different food types of tested in vitro digestibility may …
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The Termite Digestome: Understanding the Digestive Physiology Involved in Lignocellulosic Biomass Degradation
… to advance the understanding of lower termite digestive physiology and discover potential biocatalysts that can aid in the degradation of lignocellulosic biomass. Various protein characterization and gene expression methods were used throughout this research in order to accomplish these …
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Fruit chemical traits shape bat nutritional ecology: from basic science to applications
… metabolites on the foraging behavior and digestive physiology of bats (Chapters 2-4) while applying insights from basic chemical ecology to inform forest regeneration strategies (Chapter 5). The studies were conducted in northeastern Costa Rica at La Selva Biological Station. Chapter Two …
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Evaluation of a phytogenic feed additive on performance, nutrient digestion, and absorption in turkey poults
… feed additive on turkey poult performance and digestive physiology over a 6-week brooding period. In total, 864 male Hybrid Converter turkey poults were obtained from a local commercial hatchery on day-of-hatch and placed into floor pens with clean pine shavings. The treatments were randomly …
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Effect of cereal type and commensal bacteria on availability of methionine sources and intestinal physiology in pigs
… grain type with respect to gastrointestinal physiology. Apparent gastrointestinal absorption of DL-methionine (MET) and 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid (MHA-FA), post-weaning intestinal morphology, digestive physiology, mucin dynamics and digesta flow were studied in a series of …
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The feeding ecology and behavior of wigeon (Anas penelope)
… were its totally herbivorous diet, its simple digestive physiology and its small body size, all of which should lead to problems in gaining sufficient nutrition during the winter. The daily energy expenditure of this species was estimated from faecal output studies to be 150 kcal bird-1 day-1. …
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Pet food: quality and quality improvement
… modification in order to better represent the digestive physiology of dogs. A trial was then conducted to compare in vivo digestibility of pet-foods and in vitro digestibility using the newly developed method. Correlation coefficients showed a close correlation between digestibility data of …