Composition of sublingual saliva of the koala (phascolarctos cinereus)

Salivary amylase – The enzyme of unspecialized euryphagous animals

“…92,93 No amylase activity was detectable in the saliva of the koala, 94,95 suggesting that the absence of salivary α-amylase may be a consequence of its extremely exclusive diet; the koala shows a high preference for 30 of the 600…”

Salivary amylase – The enzyme of unspecialized euryphagous animals

“…92,93 No amylase activity was detectable in the saliva of the koala, 94,95 suggesting that the absence of salivary α-amylase may be a consequence of its extremely exclusive diet; the koala shows a high preference for 30 of the 600…”

Oral health in South East Queensland Koalas: Prevalence of periodontal disease and other pathologies

“…Previous investigations of the koala oral cavity have focused on evolutionary aspects (Grand, 2001), lingual papillae (Kobayashi et al, 2003), parotid and mandibular salivary gland composition and secretion rates (Beal, 1990b, Beal, 1991, Beal, 1990a, oral microbiology and disease (Bird, 2002, Mikkelsen et al, 2008b, Mikkelsen et al, 2008a, eruption sequence (Thomas, 1887), rostral anatomy (Kratzing, 1984), masticatory muscles (Nakajima and Townsend, 2009), jaw movements (Davison and Young, 1990), functional dental morphology (Lanyon and Sanson, 1986b), and development of predictive chronological age classes (Eberhard, 1972, Gordon, 1991, Young, 1990b, Lanyon and Sanson, 1986a, Martin, 1981, Martin and Handasyde, 1999.…”

Salivary amylase – The enzyme of unspecialized euryphagous animals

“…92,93 No amylase activity was detectable in the saliva of the koala, 94,95 suggesting that the absence of salivary α-amylase may be a consequence of its extremely exclusive diet; the koala shows a high preference for 30 of the 600…”

Oral health in South East Queensland Koalas: Prevalence of periodontal disease and other pathologies

“…Previous investigations of the koala oral cavity have focused on evolutionary aspects (Grand, 2001), lingual papillae (Kobayashi et al, 2003), parotid and mandibular salivary gland composition and secretion rates (Beal, 1990b, Beal, 1991, Beal, 1990a, oral microbiology and disease (Bird, 2002, Mikkelsen et al, 2008b, Mikkelsen et al, 2008a, eruption sequence (Thomas, 1887), rostral anatomy (Kratzing, 1984), masticatory muscles (Nakajima and Townsend, 2009), jaw movements (Davison and Young, 1990), functional dental morphology (Lanyon and Sanson, 1986b), and development of predictive chronological age classes (Eberhard, 1972, Gordon, 1991, Young, 1990b, Lanyon and Sanson, 1986a, Martin, 1981, Martin and Handasyde, 1999.…”

Salivary amylase – The enzyme of unspecialized euryphagous animals

“…92,93 No amylase activity was detectable in the saliva of the koala, 94,95 suggesting that the absence of salivary α-amylase may be a consequence of its extremely exclusive diet; the koala shows a high preference for 30 of the 600…”

Oral health in South East Queensland Koalas: Prevalence of periodontal disease and other pathologies

“…Previous investigations of the koala oral cavity have focused on evolutionary aspects (Grand, 2001), lingual papillae (Kobayashi et al, 2003), parotid and mandibular salivary gland composition and secretion rates (Beal, 1990b, Beal, 1991, Beal, 1990a, oral microbiology and disease (Bird, 2002, Mikkelsen et al, 2008b, Mikkelsen et al, 2008a, eruption sequence (Thomas, 1887), rostral anatomy (Kratzing, 1984), masticatory muscles (Nakajima and Townsend, 2009), jaw movements (Davison and Young, 1990), functional dental morphology (Lanyon and Sanson, 1986b), and development of predictive chronological age classes (Eberhard, 1972, Gordon, 1991, Young, 1990b, Lanyon and Sanson, 1986a, Martin, 1981, Martin and Handasyde, 1999.…”