Dietary Lysine Requirement of the African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 71-77

  Fagbenro, O A ^a   Bello Olusoji, O A ^a   Balogun, A M ^a   Fasakin, E A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

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EID: 0005486795     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: 15450805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v08n02_07     Document Type: Article

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