Intake, digestibility, and passage of a commercially designed diet by two Propithecus species

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-246

  Campbell, J L ^a   Eisemann, J H ^a   Glander, K E ^b   Crissey, S D ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Digesta passage; Digestibility; Folivory; Propithecus

Indexed keywords

PROPITHECUS TATTERSALLI; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI; RHUS COPALLINA;

EID: 0033036084     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1999)48:3<237::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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