Animal Dietary Habit
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1. Reproductive strategies and feeding ecology of the aquatic snakes of the tribe Hydropsini (Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae). / Estratégias reprodutivas e ecologia alimentar de serpentes aquáticas da tribo Hydropsini (Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae).
The tribe Hydropsini comprises three genera of snakes. Information on food habits is scarce. However previous data indicate that species feed mainly upon fishes but also eat anurans. The Hydropsini are oviparous or viviparous and the polymorphism is suggested for some species. Other reproductive traits are unknown for most species. On the other hand, the phy
Publicado em: 2010
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2. "Isótopos estáveis de C e de N como indicadores qualitativo e quantitativo da dieta do tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) da Amazônia Central" / Stable isotopes C and N as indicators of qualitative and quantitative dietary variations of tambaqui (Colossoma rnacropornum) in Central Amazoniam
The flooded areas of white-water rivers of the Amazon Basin várzeas - are responsible for more than 90% of the total capture fisheries in the region, The annual flooding cycle elicits qualitative and quantitative variations of fish natural diet, with direct influence nutritional condition of several fish species, such as the tambaqui (Colossoma macro
Publicado em: 2003
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3. Influence of diets high and low in animal fat on bowel habit, gastrointestinal transit time, fecal microflora, bile acid, and fat excretion.
Epidemiological observations and animal experiments suggest that large bowel cancer is related to serveral factors. Among them, high dietary intakes of animal fat, the presence in the colon of relatively high levels of bile acids, specific patterns of intestinal microflora, slow transit through the gut, and low stool weights. Under metabolic conditions we ha