dc.contributor.author |
Kanui, Titus I. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Mwendia, Charles |
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dc.contributor.author |
Aulie, Arnfinn |
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dc.contributor.author |
Wanyoike, Margaret |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-01-20T11:39:25Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-01-20T11:39:25Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1991 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology Volume 99, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 453–456 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0300962991900328 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/652 |
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dc.description |
doi:10.1016/0300-9629(91)90032-8 |
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dc.description.abstract |
1. The body growth, food uptake and gastro-intestinal passage time were studied in juvenile Nile crocodiles kept at different temperature regimes. Group A was kept at 30°C, group B at 30 and 25°C for 12 hr each and group C at 25°C.
2. After 14 weeks, the weight of group A increased by 18%, while both group B and C lost weight (13 and 66%, respectively). During the same period, group A and B increased their body length (6.5 and 6.6%, respectively), while group C decreased in length (5.4%).
3. Group A fed at the same interval as group B, but group A ate more than the other groups.
4. The gastro-intestinal passage time was shorter in group A (35 hr) than in group B (42 hr) and C (44 hr). |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Elsevier |
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dc.title |
Effects of temperature on growth, food uptake and retention time of juvenile nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) |
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dc.type |
Article |
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