Dietary Tryptophan Requirement of the African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-72

  Fagbenro, O A ^a   Nwanna, L C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African catfish; Clarias gariepinus; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005431480     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: 15450805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v09n01_06     Document Type: Article

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