Influence of diet pellet hardness and particle size on food utilization by mice, rats and hamsters

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 241-246

  Ford, D J ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FOOD; HAMSTER; MOUSE; RAT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FEED; EATING; HAMSTERS; HARDNESS; INBREEDING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS;

EID: 0017691019     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: 17581117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367777780936486     Document Type: Article

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