Coprophagy: an unusual source of essential carotenoids.

Abstract:

:The rare Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) stands out among the Old World vultures (Family Accipitridae) because of its brightly ornamented head, which is coloured yellow by carotenoid pigments, and its practice of feeding on faeces. Here we show that Egyptian vultures obtain these pigments from the excrement of ungulates. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration that faeces can be used as a source of carotenoids by a vertebrate.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Negro JJ,Grande JM,Tella JL,Garrido J,Hornero D,Donázar JA,Sanchez-Zapata JA,BenItez JR,Barcell M

doi

10.1038/416807a

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-04-25 00:00:00

pages

807-8

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6883

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0028-0836

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1476-4687

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416807a

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416

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