Digestion coefficients achieved by the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), a large browsing hindgut fermenter.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/J.1439-0396.2006.00606.XPMID 16867078
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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