
%0 Journal Article
%A Ambuhl, Suzanne 
%A Williams, VJ 
%A Senior, W 
%T Effects of Caecectomy in the Young Adult Female Rat on Digestibility of Food Offered Ad Libitum and in Restricted Amounts
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1979/05/01
%V 32
%N 2
%P 205-214
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9790205
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9790205 
%X Caecectomized and sham-operated rats were fed a laboratory chow ad libitum and the effects of caecectomy on the digestibility of the food were studied. Compared with sham-operated controls, caecectomized rats showed a decrease in apparent digestibility of organic matter from 77·8 to 73 ·0%, of crude protein from 83·0 to 79·4%, and of 'carbohydrate' from 74·6 to 69·0%. However, faecal water content increased from 41·6 to 54·8 %. StCr-labelled EDTA was excreted faster in the faeces after caecectomy. The colon partly adapted to the loss of caecal mucosa by increased length and thus mucosal surface area. 
