The effect of low- and high-fiber diets on the population of entodiniomorphid ciliates Troglodytella abrassarti in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

Petrželková,  Klára; Schovancová,  Kateřina; Profousová, I.; Kišidayová, S.; Varádyová, Z.; Pekár,  Stanislav; Kamler, J.; Modrý, M.

The effect of low- and high-fiber diets on the population of entodiniomorphid ciliates Troglodytella abrassarti in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

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Authors	PETRŽELKOVÁ Klára SCHOVANCOVÁ Kateřina PROFOUSOVÁ I. KIŠIDAYOVÁ S. VARÁDYOVÁ Z. PEKÁR Stanislav KAMLER J. MODRÝ M.
Year of publication	2012
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	American Journal of Primatology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22021
Field	Zoology
Keywords	Troglodytella abrassarti;entodiniomorphid ciliate;chimpanzee;fiber;starch
Description	Our results suggest, however, that infection intensities of T. abrassarti in captive chimpanzees are not influenced primarily by the amount of fiber in the diet, but rather by the dietary starch concentration (HFD: 1%; LFD: 8%)
Related projects:	Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time