Nutritional aspects of the ostrich (Struthio camelus);Voedingsaspecten van de struisvogel (Struthio camelus)

Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Janssens, G P J ^a   Seynaeve, M ^a   De Wilde, R O ^a   De Rycke, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Ostrich

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031502335     PISSN: 03039021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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