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Cecotrophy

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001128

A special kind of coprophagy in which animals ingest a certain fraction of their own feces that is derived from caecal contents.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001128
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymscaecotrophy
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoCoprophagy; Feces
TranslationsSpanish: cecotrofia
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001128",
  "term": "Cecotrophy",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A special kind of coprophagy in which animals ingest a certain fraction of their own feces that is derived from caecal contents.",
  "synonyms": [
    "caecotrophy"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "coprophagy",
    "feces"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cecotrofia"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cecotrophy/"
}

Record 1,115 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.