Milk yield of comisana ewes fed RP methionine and lysine at two levels of dietary protein content

Italian Journal of Food Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-146

  Sevi, A ^a   Muscio, A ^a   Cordola, L ^a   Dantone, D ^a  

^a Facolta di Agraria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ewe; Milk yield; RP amino acids

Indexed keywords

OVIS;

EID: 0032385391     PISSN: 11201770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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