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cecotrophy

cecotrophy is the alternative spelling of caecotrophy.

Meaning of caecotrophy

Noun

caecotrophy (uncountable)

  1. In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
    • The second group (T-2: 6 rabbits) was also fed the labelled diet but only during the last ten days of the fattening period when animals were fitted a neck collar to prevent caecotrophy.2008, A. Belenguer et al., "Alternative methodologies to estimate ingestion of caecotrophes in growing rabbits," Livestock Science, vol. 115, no.1, p. 13

Questions about cecotrophy

What is cecotrophy the alternative spelling of?
Cecotrophy is the alternative spelling of caecotrophy.

Words near cecotrophy in the dictionary

  1. CECOT
  2. cecotrope
  3. cecotropes
  4. cecotroph
  5. cecotrophs
  6. cecotrophy
  7. cecoureterocele
  8. cecoureteroceles
  9. cecropia
  10. cecropia moth
  11. cecropia moths

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