The neonatal giant panda: Hand-rearing and medical management

Giant Pandas: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 315-333

  Edwards, Mark S ^a   Wei, Rongping ^b   Hawes, Janet ^a   Sutherland Smith, Meg ^a   Tang, Chunxiang ^b   Li, Desheng ^b   Hu, Daming ^b   Zhang, Guiquan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

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EID: 85011342645     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511542244.014     Document Type: Chapter

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