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Nutrient digestibility and gastrointestinal electrolyte flux in the elephant and rhinoceros
(1983)
Nutrient digestibility and absorption-secretion were studied in elephants and rhinoceros.
2. Prehension and diet selection are discussed.
3. Rhinoceros select less fiber, which may account for their greater digestive ...
Physiology of the dik-dik antelope.
(1988)
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 ...
Molar proportions of volatile fatty acids in the gastrointestinal tract of East African wild ruminants.
(1983)
The molar proportions of seven individual VFA's were determined at select sites along the gastrointestinal tract of sixteen species of East African wild ruminants. The resulting data were statistically analyzed for species ...