Effect of tannins on galliform cecal partitioning

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-180

  Hewitt, David G ^a,b   Lafon, Nelson W ^a   Kirkpatrick, Roy L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031104666     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639572     Document Type: Article

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