{"topic_id":"exotic_nutrition_gerbil_wild_diet","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_nutrition_gerbil_wild_diet\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Gerbil nutrition — natural (wild) diet of Mongolian gerbils\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Rodents (saved first-hand text, pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 40\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Rodents (saved first-hand text, pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Gerbil nutrition — natural (wild) diet of Mongolian gerbils\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/gerbils\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"first-hand Merck Veterinary Manual text\"\n  doc_type: \"official veterinary manual (EN)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Gerbil nutrition — natural (wild) diet of Mongolian gerbils\nVerbatim first-hand facts from Merck Veterinary Manual — Rodents (saved first-hand text, pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt). Each bullet is an exact substring of the cited source and C1-substring verified (second-round nutrition broadening, reusing saved Merck source).\n\n## Nutritional facts\n- The diet of wild Mongolian gerbils consists of green vegetation, roots, bulb seeds, cereals, fruits, and insects.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Gerbil nutrition — natural (wild) diet of Mongolian gerbils (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Gerbil nutrition — natural (wild) diet of Mongolian gerbils","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/gerbils","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual — Rodents (saved first-hand text, pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual — Rodents (saved first-hand text, pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt","tokens_estimated":40,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}