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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

REPTILES: Turtle (herbivorous)


Florida red-bellied turtle
Florida red-bellied turtle (photo by Dr Karen Bjorndal)    (from CD Chapter 2)


Green sea turtle
Green sea turtle (photo by Dr Karen Bjorndal)   (from CD Chapter 2)


Table 9.4.  (from CD Chapter 9)
Microbial counts in the hindgut of vertebrates


Table 9.6.  (from CD Chapter 9)
Short cahin 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)


Table 9.7b.  (from CD Chapter 9)
Short chain fatty acids in the hindgut of vertebrates
* Absorption from cecum (or ceca) alone.
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, and adult animals. (From Stevens and Hume 1995)