Gastric digestive proteinases of the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. Narita, Yuichi; Oda, Sen Ichi; Takenaka, Osamu; Kageyama, Takashi. Mammal Study, Jun. 2000, v. 25 (1), p. 17-26. ill. ISSN: 1343-4152.
Descriptors: enzymes, digestion, gastric digestive proteinases.
An immunohistochemical study of gut endocrine cells in piscivorous bat (Chioptera Noctilio leporinus). Komori, Manabu; Taddei, Valdir A.; Hondo, Eiichi; Kitamura, Nobuo; Pai, Vitalino D.; Choliq, Chairun; Yamada, Junzo. Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Mar. 2000, v. 5 (1), p. 45-54. ill. ISSN: 1342-6133.
Descriptors: digestive system, endocrine cells, endocrine system, types.
An immunohistochemical study of gut endocrine cells in nectarivorous and frugi-nectariverous phyllostomid bats (Chiroptera: Anoura caudifer and Carollia perspicillata). Ashihara, Nagatoshi; Taddei, Valdir A.; Hondo, Eiichi; Kitamura, Nobuo; Pai, Vitalino D.; Campos, Valencio J.D.M.; Choliq, Chairun N.; Yamada, Junzo. Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Sept. 1999, v. 4 (2), p. 125-133. ISSN: 1342-6133.
Descriptors: dietary range, gut endocrine cell frequency, gut, digestive system.
The morphology of the intestine of the entomophagous longfingered bat, Miniopterus inflatus: Mucosal topography and possible landmarks. Makanya, A.N,, Acta Biologica Hungarica, 1997, v. 48 (1), p. 15-27. ISSN: 0236-5383.
Descriptors: intestine, digestive system, landmarks, morphology, microscopy.
Salivary pH and buffering capacity in frugivorous and insectivorous bats. Dumont, Elizabeth R., Journal of Mammalogy, Nov. 1997, v. 78 (4), p. 1210-1219. ill. ISSN: 0022-2372.
NAL call no: 410 J823
Descriptors: food, salivary glands, salivary pH & buffering capacity.
Normal bat flora. Simpson, V.R., Veterinary Record, UK, 1994, v. 135 (20), p. 487-488. ISSN: 0042-4900.
NAL call no: 41.8.V641
Descriptors: microbial flora, intestines, microorganisms, bacterial diseases.
Normal bat flora. Smith, W. Veterinary Record, UK, 1994, v. 135 (16), p. 388. ISSN: 0042-4900.
NAL call no: 41.8.V641
Descriptors: microorganisms, intestines, microbial flora, diseases.
Some histological and histochemical observations of the fundic gland region of the stomach of insectivorous (Hipposideros diadema) and frugivorous (Rousettus amplexicaudatus) bats. Guico, G.B.; Maala, C.P., Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Dec., 1994, v. 31 (2), p. 48-58. ill. ISSN: 0031-7705.
NAL call no: 41.8 P53
Descriptors: stomach, fundic gland region, histology and histochemistry.
The digestive efficiency of insectivorous bats. Barclay, R.M.R.; Dolan, M.A.; Dyck, A. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1991, v. 69 (7), p. 1853-1856. ref. ISSN: 0008-4301.
NAL call no: 470 C16D
Descriptors: prey, nutrition, digestion, biology, Chiroptera.
Survival of blastomyces dermatitidis in the gastrointestinal tract of an orally infected insectivorous bat, Rhinopoma hardwickei hardwickei Gray. Chaturvedi, V.P.; Randhawa, H..S.; Kini, S.; Khan, Z.U., Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology, 1986, v. 24 (4), p. 349-352. ill. ISSN: 0268-1218.
NAL call no: RC117 A1J68
Descriptors: fungal parasite survival, survival in gastrointestinal tract, parasites.
Transit time of food through the digestive tract of the bat. Luckens, M.M.J.; Eps, J. van; Davis, W.H. Experimental Medical Surgery, 1972, v. 29, p. 25-28.
Descriptors: transit time, food, digestive tract.
The histological structure of stomach in bat, Rhinofome kinneari. Swarup, B.; Kumar, D.; Sinha, B.N. The Indian Journal of Medical Research, Feb. 1971, v. 59 (2), p. 259-264. ISSN: 0971-5916.
NAL call no: 448.8 In22
Descriptors: stomach anatomy and histology, Chiroptera.
Transit time of food through the digestive tract of the bat, Eptesicus fuscus. Luckens, M.M.; Eps, J. Van; Davis, W.H. Experimental Medicine and Surgery, 1971, v. 29 (1-2), p. 25-28.
Descriptors: digestive tract, transit time.
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