Ingestive mastication in horses resembles rumination but not ingestive mastication in cattle and camels

Dittmann, MT; Kreuzer, M; Runge, U; Clauss, M

Clauss, M (reprint author), Univ Zurich, Vetsuisse Fac, Clin Zoo Anim Exot Pets & Wildlife, Winterthurerstr 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 2017; 327 (2-3): 98

Abstract

Horses achieve a higher degree of particle size reduction through ingestive mastication than functional ruminants. We characterized mastication using ......

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