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

dc.contributor.author	Kanui, Titus I.
dc.contributor.author	Mwendia, Charles
dc.contributor.author	Aulie, Arnfinn
dc.contributor.author	Wanyoike, Margaret
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-20T11:39:25Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-20T11:39:25Z
dc.date.issued	1991
dc.identifier.citation	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology Volume 99, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 453–456	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0300962991900328
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/652
dc.description	doi:10.1016/0300-9629(91)90032-8	en_US
dc.description.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).	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en_US
dc.title	Effects of temperature on growth, food uptake and retention time of juvenile nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US