Effect of dietary lipid level on lipid passage rate and lipid absorption efficiency in American robins (Turdus migratorius)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 408-417

  Zurovchak, Joseph G ^a,c   Stiles, Edmund W ^a   Place, Allen R ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 0033120766     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19990301/01)283:4/5<408::aid-jez10>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Review

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