A note on the method of calculating digestibility coefficients of nutrients provided by single ingredients to feeds of aquatic animals

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-145

  Forster, I ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Methodology; Protein quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 0001246657     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2095.1999.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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