Effect of dietary fiber concentration on apparent digestibility and digesta passage in non-human primates. I. Ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata variegata and V. v. rubra)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 529-536

  Edwards, Mark S ^a   Ullrey, Duane E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; Nutrition; Prosimian; Retention time; Transit time

Indexed keywords

LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA; VARECIA VARIEGATA; VARECIA VARIEGATA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0033265957     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1999)18:6<529::AID-ZOO7>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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