Abstract
Strain gage transducers were permanently implanted on the muscular stomachs of 13 turkeys, 3 great-horned owls and 2 red-tailed hawks to monitor gastric motility before, during and after eating. Following fasting, the sight of food resulted in significant increases in gastric contractile activity in all three species. Gastric motility further increased when the birds were allowed to eat. In raptors, however, a brief interruption in gastric motility occurred immediately after eating. This is apparently analogous to receptive relaxation which occurs in the stomach of mammals.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2155-2165 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Poultry science |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1976 |
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