| the comparative gastrointestinal morphology of five species of muroid rodents found in saudi arabia. | meriones rex (king jird), meriones libycus (libyan jird), acomys dimidiatus (eastern spiny mouse), acomys cahirinus (egyptian spiny mouse), and dipodillus dasyurus (wagner's dipodil) are five species of small rodents of the superfamily muroidea with distributions in eastern africa, egypt, and the desert regions of the arabian peninsula. water is scarce in these regions and may result in relatively low-digestible food. the aim of the present study is to describe and compare the gastrointestinal t ... | 2014 | 24664865 |
| the distribution of mucous secreting cells in the gastrointestinal tracts of three small rodents from saudi arabia: acomys dimidiatus, meriones rex and meriones libycus. | the proportion of mucin phenotypes (which form the protective biofilm of the gastrointestinal tract) differs between intestinal regions. this study examines the distribution of mucin secreting cells in the gastrointestinal tracts of the eastern spiny mouse (acomys dimidiatus), king jird (meriones rex) and libyan jird (meriones libycus), which inhabit the dry and hot deserts of saudi arabia. intestinal tract samples were processed to wax and tissue sections stained with alcian blue-periodic acid ... | 2016 | 26743350 |