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Are carnivore digestive separation mechanisms revealed on structure-rich diets?: Faecal inconsistency in dogs (Canis familiaris) fed day old chicks

Pronounced variations in faecal consistency have been described anecdotally for some carnivore species fed a structure-rich diet. Typically two faecal consistencies are distinguished, namely hard and firm versus liquid and viscous faeces. It is possible that a separation mechanism is operating in th...

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Autores principales: De Cuyper, Annelies, Clauss, Marcus, Hesta, Myriam, Cools, An, Bosch, Guido, Hendriks, Wouter H., Janssens, Geert P. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5809083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29432482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192741