Small ruminants: Digestive capacity differences among four species weighing less than 20 kg

Zoo Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 481-490

  Conklin Brittain, Nancy Lou ^a   Dierenfeld, Ellen S ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay or black backed duiker; Maxwell's duiker; Nutrition; Pudu; Red brocket

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CEPHALOPHUS DORSALIS; CEPHALOPHUS MAXWELLII; MAZAMA AMERICANA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PUDU;

EID: 0030500803     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1996)15:5<481::AID-ZOO4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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