Digestive physiology, resting metabolism and methane production of captive Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica)

Autor: Hagen, Katharina B, Hammer, Sven, Frei, Samuel, Ortmann, Sylvia, Glogowski, R, Kreuzer, Michael, Clauss, Marcus
Přispěvatelé: University of Zurich, Clauss, Marcus
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of animal and feed sciences, 28(1):69-77
Popis: Limited physiological measurements exist for the digestive physiology of porcupines. We measured CH 4 emission in three captive Indian crested porcupines ( Hystrix indica ; 16.1 ± 2.7 kg) fed a diet of pelleted lucerne, and measured feed intake, digestibility, and digesta mean retention time (MRT) of a solute and three particle markers (
Databáze: OpenAIRE