
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ambuhl, Suzanne 
A1  - Williams, VJ 
A1  - Senior, W 
T1  - Effects of Caecectomy in the Young Adult Female Rat on Digestibility of Food Offered Ad Libitum and in Restricted Amounts
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1979
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
SP  - 205
EP  - 214
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9790205 
N2  - 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. 
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