The effects of various binders and moisture content on pellet stability of research diets for freshwater crayfish

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Ruscoe, I M ^a,b,d   Jones, C M ^a   Jones, P L ^b   Caley, P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Dept Bus Indust and Rsrc Devmt ^*  (Australia)

^d Darwin Aquaculture Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binders; Freshwater crayfish; Pellet moisture; Pellet stability; Research diets

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944362261     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2095.2004.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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