Nutritional implications of coprophagy and cecal function in two microtine rodents (Microtus pennsylvanicus and Microtus pinetorum)
Coprophagic behavior and cecal function were examined for the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) and the pine vole (Microtus pinetorum) as diet quality was manipulated. The nutritional response of the voles to a high and low quality diet was measured after the coprophagic or cecal component was e...
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/87207 |