Nutrition and behavioral management of bottle-raised moose calves

Zoo Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 495-503

  Shochat, Einav ^a   Robbins, Charles T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Artificial rearing; Bottle feeding; Captive; Neonate

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 0040516716     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2361(1997)16:6<495::aid-zoo3>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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