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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF
VERTEBRATES
BIRDS: Albatross
Table 7.3. Mean digesta retention time in birds (from CD Chapter 7)
Digesta transit time of birds tend to be short, and particles are generally retained longer than fluid digesta, but fluid was selectively retained in the ceca of the herbivorous ptarmigan. (From Stevens and Hume 1995)