Relevance of management and feeding regimens on life expectancy in captive deer

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-280

  Müller, Dennis W H ^a   Lackey, Laurie Bingaman ^b   Jurgen Streich W ^c   Hatt, Jean Michel ^a   Clauss, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b International Species Information System   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DEER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GRAZING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MOOSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GERMANY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE;

EID: 77951019093     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.71.3.275     Document Type: Article

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