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Digestive physiology of East African wild ruminants.
(1983)
The physiology of digestion of wild ruminants in their natural habitat was determined. The study consisted of fifty-one adult male animals representing sixteen species. While diet and body weight were both related to the ...
Design of the mammalian respiratory system. V. Scaling morphometric pulmonary diffusing capacity to body mass: wild and domestic mammals.
(1981-04)
This paper utilizes a comparative approach to establish the relationship between morphometric diffusing capacity for oxygen (DLo2) and maximal oxygen consumption (Vo2max). DLo2 and Vo2max were determined on the same 21 ...
The fine structure of the intestinal epithelium of Tilapia grahami.
(1975)
The ultrastructure of the intestinal epithelium is described in Tilapia grahami. The intestine is divisible into cranial, middle and caudal portions. The cranial intestine is involved in water anp ion transport as well as ...
Scanning electron microscope study of the morphology of the reptilian lung: the Savanna monitor lizard Varanus exanthematicus and the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri.
(1989)
The morphology of the lungs of two reptilian species, Varanus exanthematicus and Malacochersus tornieri, have been studied on gross preparations, latex casts, and critical-point-dried tissues. The shape of these lungs was ...
The rumen as a reservoir during dehydration and rehydration in the camel
(University of Nairobi, 1976-02)
No abstract available
Adaptations of Carabid Beetles to Dry Habitats in East Africa
(1986)
The rates of water loss and humidity preference of carabids from dry tropical habitats have been studied and compared with corresponding data from temperate carabids and tropical tenebrionids. Within each group of beetles ...
The role of tendon elasticity in the locomotion of the camel (Camelus dromedarius)
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08-20)
Several ofthe distal leg muscles ofcamels have very short or even rudimentary muscle fibres. This makes it possible to calculate the elastic extensions of tendons that occur in running, from the leg positions observed in ...
The digestive physiology of three East African herbivores: the elephant, rhinoceros and hippopotamus
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08-20)
Studies were conducted to compare structural and physiological differences in the digestive functions of three species of large ungulates; the elephant (Loxodonta africana), the Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and the ...
Energetics and mechanics of terrestrial locomotion. I. Metabolic energy consumption as a function of speed and body size in birds and mammals.
(1982-04)
This series of four papers investigates the link between the energetics and the mechanics of terrestrial locomotion. Two experimental variables are used throughout the study: speed and body size. Mass-specific metabolic ...
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 ...