Digestive organs, caecal metabolites and fermentation pattern in coypus (Myocastor coypus) and rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

MAROUNEK, M., SKŘIVAN, M., BŘEZINA, P. & HOZA, I.. Digestive organs, caecal metabolites and fermentation pattern in coypus (Myocastor coypus) and rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Acta Veterinaria Brno. 2005, roč. 74, č. 1, s. 3-7.
MAROUNEK, Milan, SKŘIVAN, Miloš, BŘEZINA, P. and HOZA, I. Digestive organs, caecal metabolites and fermentation pattern in coypus (Myocastor coypus) and rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Acta Veterinaria Brno, 2005, 74, 3-7. ISSN 0001-7213.
Year2005
CathegoryScientific publication in impacted journals
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Abstract

Coypus (Myocastor coypus) and rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are medium-sized herbivore animals with similar morphological features of the digestive tract. Comparative nutritional trials with coypus and rabbits are scarce. In this study, weights of digestive organs and some parameters of their contents were determined in coypus and rabbits fed the same diet ad libitum. In conclusion, there are both differences and similarities in parameters of digestion in both animal species. Caecal fermentation pattern differed more than other parameters investigated.