Reproduction and mortality in a colony of captive greater cane rats, Thryonomys swinderianus, Temminck

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-17

  Adu, E K ^a   Aning, K G ^a   Wallace, P A ^a   Ocloo, T O ^a  

^a Animal Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Domestication; Greater cane rat; Light; Litter size; Mortality; Nutrition; Reproduction; Thryonomys swinderianus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIET; GHANA; INJURY; LITTER SIZE; LUNG CONGESTION; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PANICUM MAXIMUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GHANA; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MORTALITY; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; ARUNDINARIA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; THRYONOMYS SWINDERIANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034144264     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005284817764     Document Type: Article

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