{"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:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 1\n  passed: 1\n  date: 2026-08-04\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\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Source Merck Veterinary Manual (merckvetmanual.com) is a copyrighted veterinary reference and not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 all claims are paraphrased derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not verbatim quotations.\"\nauthority_tier: T3\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T3:vet-ref\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# Gerbil nutrition — natural (wild) diet of Mongolian gerbils\nSource: Merck Veterinary Manual (merckvetmanual.com), a copyrighted veterinary reference. Per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3, the points below are paraphrased derived fact summaries: numerical values and proper nouns are preserved from the source, but sentences are rewritten and not quoted verbatim.\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* In the wild, Mongolian gerbils eat green plants, roots, bulb seeds, cereals, fruit and insects.\n---\n## License & attribution\n\nSource paraphrased: Merck Veterinary Manual — Gerbils (merckvetmanual.com). Original text © Merck Veterinary Manual; not openly licensed. Per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 this topic presents derived fact summaries only, not verbatim quotation.","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","trust":{"authority_tier":"T3","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"B"},"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."}