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A Study of the fasting metabolism of various breeds of hog. I. Introductory: age, weight and length data, etc

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Thomas Deighton
Affiliation:
(Institute of Animal Nutrition, University of Cambridge.)

Extract

The following paper is the first of a projected series on the results of work which has been in progress in the Animal Calorimetry Department of this Institute during the past five years. Subsequent papers will deal with body temperature variations, effects of environmental temperature, metabolism, energy expenditure, etc.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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