1. A successful medium for maintaining earthworms
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Edwin L. Cooper, James Beller, and Stephen Hayes
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Paper ,Arachis ,food.ingredient ,Animal feed ,Body weight ,Coffee ,Soil ,Coffee grounds ,Animal science ,food ,Animals ,Nuts ,Regeneration ,Food science ,Oligochaeta ,Meal ,General Veterinary ,biology ,Body Weight ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,biology.organism_classification ,Animal Feed ,Culture Media ,Peanut oil ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Lumbricus terrestris - Abstract
Several different culture media were tested for their effect on weight and viability of earthworms ( Lumbricus terrestris). A medium containing pulverized newspaper, pelletted rabbit food, walnut meal, peanut oil, topsoil and coffee grounds supported life and growth for 62 weeks, and improved the condition of degenerated worms.
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- 1970
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