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Chapter 24: Feeding Growing Kittens: Postweaning to Adulthood References


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Rogers QR, Strieker MJ, Morris JG. Effect of quantity and pattern of dietary amino acids on amino acid requirements of the dog and cat. In: Edney ATB, ed. Nutrition, Malnutrition and Dietetics in the Dog and Cat. Proceedings of an International Symposium. Hannover, Germany, September 1987: 52-56.

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