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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

FISH: Herring



Table 9.3  (from CD Chapter 9)
Microbial counts in the midgut
(From Stevens and Hume 1995)


Table 9.6  (from CD Chapter 9)
Short chain fatty acids in the midgut of vertebrates
Dashes indicate absence of information. Contributions of SCFA to maintenance energy were estimated from the rate of SCFA production by in vitro isotope dilution or measurements of digesta flow. Total maintenance energy was either calculated as twice  the BMR or assumed to be equivalent to ad libitum digestible energy intake in captive, nonreproducing, adult animals. (From Stevens and Hume 1995)