Comparison of gut fill in sheep (Ovis aries) measured by intake, digestibility, and digesta retention compared with measurements at harvest

Comparative digesta retention patterns in ratites

(2015) Samuel Frei et al.   AUK

Faecal particle size: Digestive physiology meets herbivore diversity

(2015) Marcus Clauss et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Digesta retention patterns of solute and different-sized particles in camelids compared with ruminants and other foregut fermenters

(2015) Marie T. Dittmann et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Voluntary feed intake and digestibility of four domestic ruminant species as influenced by dietary constituents: A meta-analysis

(2014) M.Q. Riaz et al.   Livestock Science

Low-methane yield sheep have smaller rumens and shorter rumen retention time

(2013) John P. Goopy et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

The effect of very low food intake on digestive physiology and forage digestibility in horses

(2013) M. Clauss et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

Herbivory and Body Size: Allometries of Diet Quality and Gastrointestinal Physiology, and Implications for Herbivore Ecology and Dinosaur Gigantism

(2013) Marcus Clauss et al.   PLoS One

Retention of solutes and different-sized particles in the digestive tract of the ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), and a comparison with mammals and reptiles

(2012) Julia Fritz et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Assessing the Jarman–Bell Principle: Scaling of intake, digestibility, retention time and gut fill with body mass in mammalian herbivores

(2012) Dennis W.H. Müller et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Rumination of different-sized particles in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and moose (Alces alces) on grass and browse diets, and implications for rumination in different ruminant feeding types

(2012) Murielle Lauper et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Is there an influence of body mass on digesta mean retention time in herbivores? A comparative study on ungulates

(2011) Patrick Steuer et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Solute and particle retention in the digestive tract of the Phillip's dikdik (Madoqua saltiana phillipsi), a very small browsing ruminant: Biological and methodological implications

(2011) Christiana Hebel et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Retention of different-sized particles and derived gut fill estimate in tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii): Physiological and methodological considerations

(2011) Adam J. Munn et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Digesta Passage Time, Digestibility, and Total Gut Fill in Captive Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata): Effects Food Type and Food Intake Level

(2011) Akiko Sawada et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

The effect of size and density on the mean retention time of particles in the reticulorumen of cattle ( Bos primigenius f. taurus), muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus) and moose ( Alces alces)

(2010) Marcus Clauss et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Retention of fluid and particles in captive tapirs (Tapirus sp.)

(2010) Marcus Clauss et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Intake, selection, digesta retention, digestion and gut fill of two coprophageous species, rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus), on a hay-only diet

(2010) R. Franz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

Invited review: Ruminant ecology and evolution: Perspectives useful to ruminant livestock research and production

(2010) T.J. Hackmann et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Differential passage of fluids and different-sized particles in fistulated oxen (Bos primigenius f. taurus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and moose (Alces alces): Rumen particle size discrimination is independent from contents stratification

(2009) Isabel Lechner et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

No distinct difference in the excretion of large particles of varying size in a wild ruminant, the banteng (Bos javanicus)

(2009) Angela Schwarm et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Allometric scaling of rumen–reticulum capacity in white-tailed deer

(2009) F. W. Weckerly   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Comparative chewing efficiency in mammalian herbivores

(2009) Julia Fritz et al.   OIKOS

Modelling digestive constraints in non-ruminant and ruminant foregut-fermenting mammals

(2008) Adam J. Munn et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Excretion patterns of fluid and different sized particle passage markers in banteng (Bos javanicus) and pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis): Two functionally different foregut fermenters

(2008) Angela Schwarm et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

More efficient mastication allows increasing intake without compromising digestibility or necessitating a larger gut: Comparative feeding trials in banteng (Bos javanicus) and pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)

(2008) Angela Schwarm et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Physical characteristics of rumen contents in four large ruminants of different feeding type, the addax (Addax nasomaculatus), bison (Bison bison), red deer (Cervus elaphus) and moose (Alces alces)

(2008) Marcus Clauss et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Physical characteristics of reticuloruminal contents of oxen in relation to forage type and time after feeding

(2008) J. Hummel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

Could a big gut be too costly for muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in their first winter?

(2008) Adam J. Munn et al.   ZOOLOGY

Physical characteristics of rumen contents in two small ruminants of different feeding type, the mouflon (Ovis ammon musimon) and the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

(2008) Marcus Clauss et al.   ZOOLOGY