Nutritional Support for Rabbits Using the Percutaneously Placed Gastrostomy Tube: A Preliminary Study

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-54

  Smith, Dale A ^a   Olson, Penny O ^a   Mathews, Karol A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BEZOAR; ELEMENTAL DIET; ENTERIC FEEDING; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; RABBIT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BEZOARS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FOOD, FORMULATED; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; RABBITS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0030639558     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-33-1-48     Document Type: Article

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