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CECOTROPE

Cecotrope

Package created in the gastrointestinal tract by animals

Cecotropes (also caecotropes, cecotrophs, caecotrophs, cecal pellets, soft feces, or night feces) are a nutrient-filled package created in the gastrointestinal

Cecotrope

Food regurgitated so it can be chewed further

citation(s) needed] Goat cud is sometimes an ingredient in Pinapaitan. Chymus Cecotrope "Ruminant Digestive System" (PDF). Sansone, Randy A.; Sansone, Lori A

Cud

Guinea pig

Domesticated rodent from South America

as cecotropes, which are reingested (cecotrophy). The cecotropes are then absorbed in the small intestine to utilize the nutrients. The cecotropes are

Guinea pig

Guinea_pig

Hare

Genus of mammals in the family Leporidae

cecum and expel the mass as cecotropes, which they ingest again, a practice called cecotrophy or refection. The cecotropes are absorbed in the small intestine

Hare

Coprophagia

Act of voluntarily ingesting feces

other mammals ferment fiber in their cecums, which is then expelled as cecotropes and eaten from the anus, a process called "cecotrophy". Then their food

Coprophagia

Rabbit

Mammals of the family Leporidae

tract) and then expel the contents as cecotropes, which are reingested (cecotrophy or refection). The cecotropes are then absorbed in the small intestine

Rabbit

Ruminant

Hoofed herbivorous grazing or browsing mammals

is formed into cecotropes, passed through the large intestine, expelled and subsequently reingested to absorb nutrients in the cecotropes. The primary difference

Ruminant

Lagomorpha

Order of mammals

the GI tract) and then expel the contents as cecotropes, which are reingested (cecotrophy). The cecotropes are then absorbed in the small intestine to

Lagomorpha

Leporidae

Family of lagomorphs

tract) and then expel the contents as cecotropes, which are reingested (in a process known as cecotrophy). The cecotropes are then absorbed in the small intestine

Leporidae

Cecum

Pouch in the large intestine

in the cecum and then expel the contents as cecotropes, which are reingested (cecotrophy). The cecotropes are then absorbed in the small intestine to

Cecum

Pika

Genus of mountain-dwelling mammal

cecotropes, which are reingested. This process is known as cecotrophy, and is a common behavior among all lagomorphs. Nutrients from the cecotropes are

Pika

Hindgut fermentation

Digestive process seen in herbivores

intestine junction) and then expel the contents as cecotropes, which are reingested (cecotrophy). The cecotropes are then absorbed in the small intestine to

Hindgut fermentation

Hindgut_fermentation

Vitamin B12

Vitamin used in animal cell metabolism

this hindgut fermentation, the material from the cecum is expelled as "cecotropes" and are re-ingested, a practice referred to as cecotrophy. Re-ingestion

Vitamin B12

Vitamin_B12

Digestion

Biological process of breaking down food

exposure to toxins). Other animals, such as rabbits and rodents, produce cecotropes to re-digest food, especially in the case of roughage. Capybaras, rabbits

Digestion

American pika

Species of mammal

practices coprophagy, producing and consuming cecotropes to extract additional nutrients from its food. Cecotropes provide more energy than stored plant material

American pika

American_pika

Grazing (behaviour)

Method of feeding in herbivores, eating grasses and other plants

the GI tract) and then expel the contents as cecotropes, which are reingested (cecotrophy). The cecotropes are then absorbed in the small intestine to

Grazing (behaviour)

Grazing_(behaviour)

Pallas's pika

Species of mammal

lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, pikas), Pallas's pika creates, expels & eats cecotropes (cecotrophy) to get more nutrition from its food. Pallas's pika mostly

Pallas's pika

Pallas's_pika

Jameson's red rock hare

Species of mammal

of strongly aromatic leaves. Like other leporids, it consumes its own cecotropes. Flattened pellet-shaped droppings, characteristic of Pronolagus species

Jameson's red rock hare