Effect of varying dietary starch and fiber levels and inoculum source (mule deer vs. dairy cow) on simulated rumen fermentation characteristics
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: bos taurus, ndf, odocoileus hemionus, ruminant, volatile fatty acid
2014
Differences in fecal particle size between free-ranging and captive individuals of two browser species
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: browser, captive diet, grazer, mastication, ruminant, teeth
2008
A case of non-scaling in mammalian physiology? Body size, digestive capacity, food intake, and ingesta passage in mammalian herbivores☆
Publication/Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Keywords: body size, browser, coprophagy, digestive anatomy, digestive physiology, foregut fermenter, grazer, herbivory, hindgut fermenter, ingesta retention, ruminant
2007
Effect of dietary fiber concentration on apparent digestibility and digesta passage in non-human primates. II. Hindgut- and foregut-fermenting folivores
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: alouatta, colobinae, food intake, howler monkeys, nutrition, pygathrix, retention time, trachypithecus, transit time
1999