Do changes in dietary chemistry during ontogeny affect digestive performance in adults of the herbivorous rodent <i>Octodon degus</i>?

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dc.contributor.authorSabat, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorBozinovic, Francisco
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T01:04:57Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T01:04:57Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractWe characterize the flexibility in digestive performance in degus (Octodon degus) an herbivorous rodent. We tested the hypothesis that dietary and physiological-digestive flexibility are correlated. Degus were fed with artificial diets of different chemical composition from weaning to adulthood and their digestive performance was measured through records of apparent digestibility. The starch content of the acclimation diet was not correlated with protein digestibility nor was it correlated with starch digestibility. In addition, digestive tract morphology was not affected by dietary treatments. Hence, an absence of morphological and physiological flexibility related to digestive traits was observed in degus. The lower flexibility in digestive performance given by our dietary experimental treatments of degus, may be an evolutionary constraint related to their specialized herbivorous food habits. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.07.009
dc.identifier.eissn1531-4332
dc.identifier.issn1095-6433
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.07.009
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/95755
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000260665000019
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final460
dc.pagina.inicio455
dc.revistaComparative biochemistry and physiology a-molecular & integrative physiology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectDigestive physiology
dc.subjectDietary habits
dc.subjectPlasticity
dc.subjectOctodon degus
dc.subjectPhysiological flexibility
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titleDo changes in dietary chemistry during ontogeny affect digestive performance in adults of the herbivorous rodent <i>Octodon degus</i>?
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen151
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