Dietary Arginine Requirement of the African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-64

  Fagbenro, Oyedapo A ^a   Nwanna, Lawrence C ^a   Adebayo, Olabode T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African catfish; Arginine; Clarias gariepinus; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002122712     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: 15450805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v09n01_05     Document Type: Article

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