Fachliteratur
Tierernährung
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Kleinsäuger: Standardwerke und Systematik
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Meerschweinchen (Cavia spp.)
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Hasenmäuse (Lagidium spp.)
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Kaninchen (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
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Fette Sandratte (Psammomys obesus)
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- Strasser, H. (1968): A brief program for spontaneously diabetic experimental animals: Psammomys obesus (sand rat) and Acomys cahirinus (spiny mouse). Laboratory Animal Care 18(3): 328-338.
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