Passive uptake in the small intestine and active uptake in the hindgut contribute to the highly efficient mineral metabolism of the common mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus.

Passive uptake in the small intestine and active uptake in the hindgut contribute to the highly efficient mineral metabolism of the common mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus

Cryptomys hottentotus has no access to dietary or endogenous sources of cholecalciferol (D,). Serum concentrations of calcifediol (25(OH)D,) were undetectable ( < 5 ng/ml) and calcitriol (1,25(OH),D3), although detectable in plasma, was at a low concentration (31.40 (SEM 3.06 pglml). Despite their naturally impoverished vitamin D status, these animals exhibited highly efficient mineral absorpti...

Ectoparasite burdens of the common mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus) from the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

The members of the African mole-rat family Bathyergidae are widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Despite their well-studied biology and reproductive physiology, the current knowledge of their ectoparasite fauna is limited and ambiguous due to recent revisions of the bathyergid taxonomy. The common mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus) is 1 of the most widely distributed species ...

Luteinising hormone responses to single doses of exogenous GnRH in the solitary Cape mole- rat (Georychus capensis) and the social Natal mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus

اثرات متقابل کادمیوم و pH محیط بر جذب روده‌ای اسیدهای چرب در رت

Background: The intestinal absorption of fatty acids may take place through simple diffusion as well as through protein carrier mediated transport, although the relative importance of each pathway is dependent on the ambient condition of entrocytes. Cad-mium ion influences the absorption of fatty acids in entrocytes. However, the effect of cadmium ion on the absorption of fatty acids in differe...

Locomotor Activity and Body Temperature Patterns over a Temperature Gradient in the Highveld Mole-Rat (Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae)

African mole-rats are strictly subterranean mammals that live in extensive burrow systems. High humidity levels in the burrows prevent mole-rats from thermoregulating using evaporative cooling. However, the relatively stable environment of the burrows promotes moderate temperatures and small daily temperature fluctuations. Mole-rats therefore display a relatively wide range of thermoregulation ...