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Feces

Feces --> faeces

(Science: gastroenterology) The excrement discharged from the intestines, consisting of bacteria, cells exfoliated from the intestines, secretions, chiefly of the liver and a small amount of food residue.

Origin: L. Faeces, pl. Of faex = refuse solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.


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Re: Ranikhet Disease

my lovebird is poultry. i have an aviary oe cockatiels near by to him. please tell me how this disease is spread. For example through saliva or feces or eggs? any other information at all will be helpful. thanks

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by brooke82
Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:04 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Ranikhet Disease
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Views: 607

Digestive system superhero

... have some silly stuff in there to piss her off. Like for the first lines I wrote, Faster than a speeding snail. More powerful than a bucket of feces. Able to blast the fat right out of food particles in a single shot. Well the last one was kind of not silly but yeah.... please help me out guys ...

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by Dzenis
Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:39 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Digestive system superhero
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Views: 412

How long does a strain of bacteria remain in a cow?

... O157:H7 carriage in cattle, and found that cows inoculated with O157:H7 carry the strain for about a month before it's no longer detected in the feces. My question is: is this normal or unusual? Do some strains take up permanent residence or is everything transitory?

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by spirochete
Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:05 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: How long does a strain of bacteria remain in a cow?
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Views: 1024

Poop Theory of Cambrian Explosion

How much earlier? "He points out that feces producing creatures, ones that ate food then excreted it like humans today, first arrived around 40 million years before the Cambrian period. He argued that their poo was what allowed oxygen levels ...

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by mith
Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:09 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Poop Theory of Cambrian Explosion
Replies: 7
Views: 1659

Poop Theory of Cambrian Explosion

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=566 Yes, someone postulated a feces based explanation for oxygen increase.

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by mith
Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:46 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Poop Theory of Cambrian Explosion
Replies: 7
Views: 1659
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