Digestibility, Apparent Amino Acid Availability and Waste Generation Potential of Soybean Flour-Poultry Meat Meal Blend Diets for the Sharp-Toothed Catfish, Clarias gariepinus, Fingerlings

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-82

  Sadiku, S O E ^a   Jauncey, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 11544313388     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: 15450805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v08n01_05     Document Type: Article

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