The avian cecum: Update and motility review

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 441-447

  Clench, Mary H ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0033120847     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990301/01)283:4/5<441::AID-JEZ13>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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