different between caecotrophy vs coprophagy

English

Alternative forms

• cecotrophy

Etymology

From caecum +? -trophy.

Noun

caecotrophy (uncountable)

1. (biology) 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.

   Hypernym: coprophagy

   • 2008, A. Belenguer et al., "Alternative methodologies to estimate ingestion of caecotrophes in growing rabbits," Livestock Science, vol. 115, no.1, p. 13,

     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.

Related terms

• caecotroph
• caecotrophagic
• caecotrophic

See also

• reingestion

English

Alternative forms

• coprophagia

Etymology

From copro- (“excrement”) +? -phagy (“to feed on”).

Noun

coprophagy (uncountable)

1. The eating of feces.
   • 1980, G. J. Kenagy and D. F. Hoyt, "Reingestion of Feces in Rodents and Its Daily Rhythmicity," Oecologia, vol. 44, no. 3, p. 403,

     We use "coprophagy" as the simplest available general term to describe ingestion of the feces, without any implication of cause, circumstances, or the origin or nature of fecal material consumed.

   • 1989, Nutrition and Management of Dogs and Cats (page 38)

     Other studies postulate that dogs practice coprophagy in an attempt to conserve digestive enzymes, in particular protelytic enzymes and amylase (McCuistion, 1966).

   • 2010, Peter Conrad, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 52:

     In Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (2003), Kosky previewed the apocalypse in a blitz of surreal images that made coprophagy, as he puts it, look "gorgeous".

   Synonym: scatophagy

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See also

• caecotrophy
• proctophagy
• reingestion