Effects of temperature on growth, food uptake and retention time of juvenile nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

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Title:	Effects of temperature on growth, food uptake and retention time of juvenile nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Authors:	Kanui, Titus I. Mwendia, Charles Aulie, Arnfinn Wanyoike, Margaret
Issue Date:	1991
Publisher:	Elsevier
Citation:	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology Volume 99, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 453–456
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).
Description:	doi:10.1016/0300-9629(91)90032-8
URI:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0300962991900328 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/652
Appears in Collections:	School of Agriculture, Environment, Water and Natural Resources Management (JA)

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