Meal size effects on the postprandial metabolic response of Bothrops alternatus (Serpentes: Viperidae)
We examined the effects of meal size on the postprandial metabolic response of the lancehead Bothrops alternatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1894), fed mice equaling to 5, 10, 20, and 40% of the snake's body mass. The maximum O2 consumption rates measured during digestion increased with mea...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Zoologia (Curitiba) |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000300005&lng=en&tlng=en |