Growth, survival and feed conversion of juvenile shrimp (Penaeus monodon) fed a betaine/amino acid additive

Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-9

  Peñaflorida, Veronica Dy ^a   Virtanen, Erkki ^b  

^a SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department   (Philippines)

^b Danisco Finland Oy   (Finland)

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