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Microbiota in the ptarmigan intestine - an Inuit delicacy and its potential in popular cuisine
2024-05-31
Abstract excerpt
The consumption of prey intestines and their content, known as gastrophagy, is well-documented among Arctic Indigenous peoples, particularly Inuit. In Greenland, Inuit consume intestines from various animals, including the ptarmigan, a small herbivorous grouse bird. While gastrophagy provides the potential to transfer a large number of intestinal microorganisms from prey to predator, including to the human gut, it...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3f73b1e4-ced5-5e1d-ad52-957646937be1
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.05.30.596617
