Determination of chemical composition and digestibility of almond hull

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 726, Issue , 2006, Pages 591-593

  Norollahi, H ^a   Kamalzadeh, A ^a   Karimi, A ^a  

^a Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources   (Iran)

Author keywords

Almond hull; Chemical composition; Nutritive value

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 33846530642     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.726.100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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