Nutrition of marsupials in captivity

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-132

  Hume, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carnivory; Diet; Disease; Gastrointestinal tract; Gut motility; Health; Herbivory; Marsupial; Nutrition; Omnivory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960996177     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2005.tb00011.x     Document Type: Article

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