Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Treatment of live animal
Patent
1990-08-28
1991-07-16
Penland, R. B.
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Treatment of live animal
426635, 426636, 426548, 426658, A23K 100
Patent
active
050324098
ABSTRACT:
Koalas are natives of Australia and are one of the few mammals whose diet consists almost exclusively of the leaves of native eucalypt trees. The present invention provides a method of maintaining koalas in captivity by feeding koalas a substitute feedstuff.
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Hume Ian D.
Pahl Lester I.
Penland R. B.
The New York Zoological Society
The University of Sydney
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