Nutrient content of five species of domestic animals commonly fed to captive raptors

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-272

  Clum, Nancy J ^a,c   Fitzpatrick, Marianne P ^b   Dierenfeld, Ellen S ^b  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Minerals; Nutrition; Raptor diet; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141899857     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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