Rabbit gastrointestinal physiology

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-153

  Rees Davies, Ron ^a   Rees Davies, Jennifer A E ^b  

^a Exotic Animal Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b ESVetS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ASCENDING COLON; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CECUM; COLON MOTILITY; FIBER; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GRAIN; GRASS; HAY; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DIET; RABBIT; REVIEW; WEED;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0037275668     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-9194(02)00024-5     Document Type: Review

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