Energy digestibility of giant pandas on bamboo-only and on supplemented diets
| Autor: | Tommy G. Finley, Robert S. Sikes, Brian J. Rude, Heidi A. Bissell, John R. Ouellette, Jennifer L. Parsons |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Bamboo
Empirical data Calorie biology Bambusa Endangered species General Medicine Animal Feed Diet Animal science biology.animal Botany Animals Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Animals Zoo Digestion Animal Science and Zoology Digestive tract Bomb calorimetry Animal Husbandry Carnivore Ursidae Ailuropoda melanoleuca |
| Zdroj: | Zoo Biology. 30:121-133 |
| ISSN: | 0733-3188 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/zoo.20340 |
| Popis: | Endangered giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are bears (Family Ursidae), within the order Carnivora. They specialize on an herbivorous diet of bamboo yet retain a gastrointestinal tract typical of their carnivorous ancestry. The evolutionary constraints of their digestive tract result in a low extraction efficiency from bamboo ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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