Nutrition and feeding of the geriatric horse

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 491-508

  Siciliano, Paul D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 0036987378     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0739(02)00028-7     Document Type: Review

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