Digestive physiology of captive capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Authors: Ali Kiani, Marcus Clauss, Sylvia Ortmann, Catharina Vendl, Elizabeth R. Congdon, Emilio A. Herrera, Michael Kreuzer, Angela Schwarm

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, hindgut fermenters, methane, passage kinetics

2019

Digestive physiology of the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): A large herbivorous hystricomorph rodent

Authors: Katharina B. Hagen, Dorothea Besselmann, Ulrike Cyrus-Eulenberger, Catharina Vendl, Sylvia Ortmann, Robert Zingg, Ellen Kienzle, Michael Kreuzer, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, coprophagy, herbivory, nutrition, obesity

2015

The effect of frequency and duration of training sessions on acquisition and long-term memory in dogs

Authors: Helle Demant, Jan Ladewig, Thorsten J. S. Balsby, Torben Dabelsteen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: acquisition, dogs, long-term memory, massed training, retention, spaced training

2011

Comparative investigations on digestion in grazing (Ceratotherium simum) and browsing (Diceros bicornis) rhinoceroses

Authors: P. Steuer, M. Clauss, K. H. Südekum, J. M. Hatt, S. Silinski, S. Klomburg, W. Zimmermann, J. Fickel, W. J. Streich, J. Hummel

Publication/Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Keywords: black rhino, fecal particle size, fiber digestion, mean retention time, white rhino

2010

A case of non-scaling in mammalian physiology? Body size, digestive capacity, food intake, and ingesta passage in mammalian herbivores☆

Authors: Marcus Clauss, Angela Schwarm, Sylvia Ortmann, W. Jürgen Streich, Jürgen Hummel

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

Digesta passage rates in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Authors: Iskande L. V. Larkin, Vivienne F. Fowler, Roger L. Reep

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquatic herbivore, fecal marker, marine mammal, mean retention time, sirenia

2007

Gastro-Intestinal transit time in South American deer

Authors: Luciana Domingues de Oliveira, José Maurício Barbanti Duarte

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: blastocerus dichotomus, cervidae, digestive system, mazama, microhistology

2006

Nutrition of captive lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis): a study on ingesta passage, intake, digestibility, and a diet survey

Authors: Kaori Flores-Miyamoto, Marcus Clauss, Sylvia Ortmann, Anthony W. Sainsbury

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: intermediate feeder, mean retention time, ruminant nutrition

2005

The use of dosed and herbage n-alkanes as markers for the determination of digestive strategies of captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Authors: Jean-Michel Hatt, Matthias Lechner-Doll, Bob Mayes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alkanes, browsers, digestion, ruminants

1998