Influence of different dietary calcium levels on the digestibility of Ca, Mg, and P in captive-born juvenile galapagos giant tortoises (Geochelone nigra)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 367-374

  Liesegang, A ^a   Halt, J M ^a   Nijboer, J ^b   Forrer, R ^a   Wanner, M ^a   Isenbugel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Rotterdam Zoo   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium; Digestibility; Magnesium; Nutrition; Phosphorus; Tortoises

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035731942     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.1035     Document Type: Article

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