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Gastrointestinal physiology and nutrition in wild birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Gary E. Duke
Gary E. Duke
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55126, USA
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Symposium on ‘Nutrition of wild and captive wild animals’ Plenary Lecture
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , November 1997 , pp. 1049 - 1056
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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