Nursing parameters in captive killer whales (Orcinus orca)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 373-384

  Clark, Steven T ^a   Odell, Daniel K ^a  

^a SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive born cetaceans; Lactation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 0033270404     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1999)18:5<373::AID-ZOO2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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