Arterial amino acid concentrations in sheep consuming forage diets

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-60

  Goetsch, A L ^a   Galloway Sr , D L ^b   Patil, A R ^b  

^a DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Forage; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344388015     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(98)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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