Studies on feed digestibilities in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
- 18 March 2003
- journal article
- website
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
- Vol. 87 (3-4) , 160-173
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0396.2003.00429.x
Abstract
In order to test the suitability of the horse as a nutritional model for elephants, digestibility studies were performed with six captive Asian elephants on six different dietary regimes, using the d...Keywords
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