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Fluid and particle retention times in the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis, a large hindgut-fermenting browser

(2005) ACTA THERIOLOGICA. 50(3). p.367-376
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The mean retention time (MRT) of ingesta in the gastrointestinal tract is one of the major determinants of herbivore digestive physiology. We examined MRTs of fluids and particles in the gastrointestinal tract of six adult captive black rhinoceroses Diceros bicornis on conventional zoo diets. Fluid MRT ranged from 25-45 h and averaged 31 h. Particle MRT ranged from 28-59 h and averaged 38 h. In the six animals, both fluid and particle MRT declined as relative dry matter intake (g/kg metabolic body mass) increased. Black rhinoceroses, which are large hindgut-fermenting browsers, retained ingesta for a shorter period relative to their body size than grazing equids or grazing rhinoceros species. Our findings support the hypothesis that browsing hindgut fermenters have relatively shorter MRTs than grazing hindgut fermenters.
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passage rate, mean retention time, grazer, browser, rhinoceros, GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT, DIETARY-PROTEIN, FEEDING ECOLOGY, PHYSICAL FORM, BODY-SIZE, RUMINANTS, DIGESTIBILITY, PASSAGE, DIGESTA, FORAGE

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MLA
Clauss, Marcus, et al. “Fluid and Particle Retention Times in the Black Rhinoceros Diceros Bicornis, a Large Hindgut-Fermenting Browser.” ACTA THERIOLOGICA, vol. 50, no. 3, 2005, pp. 367–76.
APA
Clauss, M., Froeschle, T., Castell, J., Hummel, J., Hatt, J.-M., Ortmann, S., & Streich, W. J. (2005). Fluid and particle retention times in the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis, a large hindgut-fermenting browser. ACTA THERIOLOGICA, 50(3), 367–376.
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Clauss, Marcus, T Froeschle, Johanna Castell, Jürgen Hummel, Jean-Michel Hatt, Sylvia Ortmann, and W Jürgen Streich. 2005. “Fluid and Particle Retention Times in the Black Rhinoceros Diceros Bicornis, a Large Hindgut-Fermenting Browser.” ACTA THERIOLOGICA 50 (3): 367–76.
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Clauss, Marcus, T Froeschle, Johanna Castell, Jürgen Hummel, Jean-Michel Hatt, Sylvia Ortmann, and W Jürgen Streich. 2005. “Fluid and Particle Retention Times in the Black Rhinoceros Diceros Bicornis, a Large Hindgut-Fermenting Browser.” ACTA THERIOLOGICA 50 (3): 367–376.
Vancouver
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Clauss M, Froeschle T, Castell J, Hummel J, Hatt J-M, Ortmann S, et al. Fluid and particle retention times in the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis, a large hindgut-fermenting browser. ACTA THERIOLOGICA. 2005;50(3):367–76.
IEEE
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M. Clauss et al., “Fluid and particle retention times in the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis, a large hindgut-fermenting browser,” ACTA THERIOLOGICA, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 367–376, 2005.
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  title        = {{Fluid and particle retention times in the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis, a large hindgut-fermenting browser}},
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