Monitoring the Nutritional Status of Grazing Animals Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2000, Pages

  Stuth, Jerry W ^a   Tolleson, Douglas R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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