Nutrient and energy requirements of red panda (Ailurus fulgens) during lactation

Mammalia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-10

  Wei, F ^a   Feng, Z ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Zhou, A ^b   Hu, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Sichuan Teachers College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; ENERGY BUDGET; LACTATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT;

CHINA; SICHUAN PROVINCE; YELE NATURAL RESERVE;

AILURUS FULGENS; BASHANIA SPANOSTACHYA;

EID: 0032791325     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1999.63.1.3     Document Type: Article

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