The effect of low- and high-fiber diets on the population of entodiniomorphid ciliates Troglodytella abrassarti in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

• Authors: PETRŽELKOVÁ Klára; SCHOVANCOVÁ Kateřina; PROFOUSOVÁ I.; KIŠIDAYOVÁ S.; VARÁDYOVÁ Z.; PEKÁR Stanislav; KAMLER J.; MODRÝ M.
• Year of publication: 2012
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: American Journal of Primatology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22021
• Field: Zoology
• Keywords: Troglodytella abrassarti;entodiniomorphid ciliate;chimpanzee;fiber;starch
• Description: Our results suggest, however, that infection intensities of T. abrassarti in captive chimpanzees are not influenced primarily by the amount of fiber in the diet, but rather by the dietary starch concentration (HFD: 1%; LFD: 8%)

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