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Some nutritional aspects of ageing in dogs and cats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

E. J. Taylor
Affiliation:
Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE14 4RT
C. Adams
Affiliation:
Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE14 4RT
R. Neville
Affiliation:
Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE14 4RT
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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