Omneity® Pellets
All-In-One Vitamin & Mineral Pellet
Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology.
Publisher:
Wiley Periodicals, Inc.,
Frequency: Ten issues per year
Country: United States
Language: English
Start Year:2017 -
ISSN:
2471-5646 (Electronic)
2471-5638 (Print)
2471-5638 (Linking)
2471-5638 (Print)
2471-5638 (Linking)
Impact Factor
2.8
2022
| NLM ID: | 101710204 |
| (OCoLC): | 945575805 |
| LCCN: | 2016201593 |
| Classification: | W1 |
Sodium Retention in Large Herbivores: Physiological Insights and Zoogeochemical Consequences. The assimilation, retention, and release of nutrients by animals fundamentally shapes their physiology and contributions to ecological processes (e.g., zoogeochemistry). Yet, information on the transit of nutrients through the bodies of large mammals remains scarce. Here, we examined how sodium (Na), a key element for animal health and ecosystem functioning, travels differently through fecal and urinary systems of cows (Bos taurus) and horses (Equus ferus caballus). We provided a large dose of Na and compared its timing of release in feces and urine to that of nonabsorbable markers. Na excreti...
Ingestive mastication in horses resembles rumination but not ingestive mastication in cattle and camels. Horses achieve a higher degree of particle size reduction through ingestive mastication than functional ruminants. We characterized mastication using chew-monitoring halters (RumiWatch) in six domestic horses, cattle, and Bactrian camels each. All animals were offered grass hay of the same batch for 15 min. In cattle and camels, measurements were continued after eating until rumination was observed. Except for one horse, 96% of the horses' ingestive mastication data were identified as "rumination" by the proprietary RumiWatch algorithm, whereas ingestion and rumination by cattle and camels wer...
