| dc.contributor.author | Maloiy, GMO | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rugangazi, BM | |
| dc.contributor.author | Clemens, ET | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-16T11:30:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-16T11:30:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology. 1988;91(1):1-8 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0300-9629 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03009629 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23593 | |
| dc.description | Journal article | en |
| dc.description.abstract | 1. The East African dik-dik antelope represents a miniature model ruminant for comparative studies. 2. Dik-diks are browsers, consuming a diet consistently high in fermentable and digestable plant material. 3. Their foregut structure is designed for a relatively rapid passage of food and effective absorption of fermentative products. 4. Dik-dik antelopes are very economical in their use of water, having a low daily water exchange and excreting a highly concentrated urine. 5. Dik-diks have been observed to employ three thermoregulatory mechanisms; thermopanting, active sweating and a labile body temperature. 6. Their reproductive cycle is polyestrous with peak breeding in June and December, having a gestation period of between 170 and 174 days. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Physiology | en |
| dc.subject | Dik-dik antelope | en |
| dc.title | Physiology of the dik-dik antelope. | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi | en |
