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From babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa) to domestic pig: the nutrition of swine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Kristin Leus  and
Alastair A. Macdonald
Kristin Leus
Affiliation:
Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Koningin Astridpiein 26, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium
Alastair A. Macdonald
Affiliation:
Department of Preclinïcal Veterinary Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 IQH
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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. 1001 - 1012
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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