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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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1983
1983
Distribution and elimination of inhaled phenanthridone in Fischer-344 rats.
Aza-arenes are widely distributed in the environment. Certain members of this chemical class are biologically active and… 
1981
1981
Coccidiosis and coprophagy in pigs
1978
1978
Feeding behavior, coprophagy and passage of foodstuffs in a captive least shrew
Observations of a single old adult male of the least shrew Sorex minutissimus Zimmerman, 1780 in captivity show that it ate… 
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… 
1969
1969
THE EFFECT OF COPROPHAGY ON RETENTION AND BIOELIMINATION OF RADIONUCLIDES BY DETRITUS-FEEDING ANIMALS.
1967
1967
Choline biosynthesis and choline requirement in the rat as affected by coprophagy.
1966
1966
Prevention of coprophagy in the rat. A new method
1. Coprophagy in rats was prevented by the use of a leather jacket and large-mesh, screen floor cages. 2. This caused… 
1965
1965
PREVENTION OF COPROPHAGY IN THE RAT AND THE GROWTH-STIMULATING EFFECTS OF METHIONINE, CYSTINE AND PENICILLIN WHEN ADDED TO DIETS CONTAINING UNHEATED SOYBEANS.
1963
1963
Decreased growth rate resulting from prevention of coprophagy.
1963
1963
Role of coprophagy in utilization of B vitamins synthesized by intestinal bacteria.