Environmental factors that affect the concentration of P and N in faecal samples collected for the determination of nutritional status

Koedoe

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Wrench, J M ^a   Meissner, H H ^a,b   Grant, C C ^c   Casey, N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Animal Nutrition and Animal Products Institute   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Faecal analysis; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI;

EID: 0039202355     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v39i2.291     Document Type: Article

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