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Nutrition and Behaviour Group Symposium on ‘Measuring nutrient intake’ Measuring food intake in farm and laboratory animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2007

Bert J. Tolkamp*
Affiliation:
Animal Biology Division, Scottish Agricultural College, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH1 6 OPH, UK
Jon E. L. Day
Affiliation:
Consumer Sciences Department, Institute of Food Research, Reading, UK
Ilias Kyriazakis
Affiliation:
Animal Biology Division, Scottish Agricultural College, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH1 6 OPH, UK
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*Corresponding author: Dr B. J. Tolkamp, fax +44(0)131 5353121, email b.tolkamp@ed.sac.ac.uk
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