Behaviors and nutritional importance of coprophagy in captive adult and young nutrias (Myocastor coypus)

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Journal of Comparative Physiology □ B

• Publication date

  1998-05-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s003600050147PMID 9646504
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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