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Coprophagia

Known as: Coprophagies, eating faeces, eating feces 
The deliberate ingestion of feces. It is considered a form of pica.
National Institutes of Health

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1994
1994
Diurnal changes in large-bowel metabolism: short-chain fatty acids and transit time in rats fed on wheat bran
To investigate diurnal changes in large-bowel metabolism rats were fed once daily on a cooked maize-based diet without or with… 
1989
1989
The effects of increased dietary cellulose on the anatomy, physiology and behaviour of captive water voles, Arvicola terrestris (L.) (Rodentia: Microtinae).
  • P. Woodall
  • Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A…
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 10155975
1977
1977
The flow of copper through a terrestrial food chain
Summary1)In three species of terrestrial isopods the rate of ingestion of litter decreases but the efficiency of assimilation… 
1977
1977
Motility of the rabbit's colon and cecotrophy
1977
1977
Coprophagia as seen in thoroughbred foals.
Four Thoroughbred foals were seen to quickly eat part of the faeces deposited by their own dams on some 40 per cent of the mare… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Plasma cholesterol levels in rabbits fed low fat, low cholesterol diets: effects of dietary proteins, carbohydrates and fibre from different sources.
1969
1969
Developmental physiology of cestodes. V. Effects of vitamin deficient diets and host coprophagy prevention on development on Hymenolepis diminuta.
Effects of B vitamin deficient diets on Hymenolepis diminuta were studied. The worms were markedly affected by a diet deficient… 
1963
1963
Decreased growth rate resulting from prevention of coprophagy.
1963
1963
Role of coprophagy in utilization of B vitamins synthesized by intestinal bacteria.
1942
1942
Periodicity of Refection in the Wild Rabbit
SINCE my previous communication on this subject1various fresh data have thrown new light on the coprophagy or refection rhythm in… 
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