Pathophysiological and functional aspects of the megacolon-syndrome of homozygous spotted rabbits.

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0442.1995.tb00410.x

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Pathophysiological and functional aspects of the megacolon-syndrome of homozygous spotted rabbits.

Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe A - 1 Nov 1995

Bödeker D, Türck O, Lovén E, Wieberneit D, Wegner W

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The Megacolon-Syndrome is a hereditary disease of homozygous spotted rabbits (En En). Investigations have been performed on some special traits related to functional aspects of the gut in comparison to vital heterozygous spotted rabbits (En en). It was found that En En rabbits showed significantl...

Topics

Animals
Female
Genotype
Heterozygote
Hirschsprung Disease
Homozygote
Intestinal Absorption
Intestines
Male
Rabbits
Syndrome

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