The relationship between forage material and levels of coprophagy in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Abstract 10.1002/zoo.1430110503.abs Although coprophagy is practiced in the wild by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), it occurs more frequently and under more varied circumstances in captivity. This study was designed to determine if different forage materials and amount of residual undigested grain particles found in the feces might cause an increase in coprophagous behavior in those animals […]