Nutrition and feeding strategy: Interactions with pathology

Nutrition of the Rabbit: 2nd Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 179-199

  Gidenne, T ^a,b,c   Garcia J ^d   Lebas, F ^e   Licois, D ^f  

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^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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