Relevance of National Research Council feed composition tables in Alberta

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-203

  Suleiman, A ^a   Okine, E ^a,b   Goonewardene, L A ^a  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feedstuffs; Nutrient composition; Variability

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031525880     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A95-110     Document Type: Article

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