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- Title
Urease activity in the gastrointestinal tract of the European hare ( Lepus europaeus).
- Authors
Stepan'kov, A.; Kuznetsova, T.; Vecherskii, M.
- Abstract
The intensity of urea recycling in the wild herbivorous European hare has been investigated. The intensity of urease activity in the gastrointestinal tract has been selected as a convenient quantitative measure of nitrogen recycling. High urease activity was detected in the large intestine; it was higher than the previously detected activity in other mammals with postgastric fermentation: pigs, rats, and rabbits. The strong seasonal dynamics of urease activity has been noted: it increases during winter diet consumption, which is poor in available nitrogen.
- Subjects
UREASE; EUROPEAN hare; FERMENTATION; NITROGEN in animal nutrition; GUT microbiome
- Publication
Biology Bulletin, 2017, Vol 44, Issue 2, p224
- ISSN
1062-3590
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1062359017020194