Mineral content of food items commonly ingested by keel-billed toucans (Ramphastos sulfuratus)

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 194-196

  Otten, Benjamin A ^a,c   Orosz, Susan E ^a,d   Auge, Shannon ^b   Frazier, Donita L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Galbraith Laboratories   (United States)

^c ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Avian nutrition; Hemochromatosis; Iron; Keel billed toucan; Ramphastidae; Rhamphastos sulfuratus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035562174     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/1082-6742(2001)015[0194:MCOFIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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