Composition, physiochemical properties, nitrogen fraction distribution, and amino acid profile of donkey milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1635-1643

  Guo, H Y ^a,b   Pang, K ^a,b   Zhang, X Y ^a,b   Zhao, L ^a,b   Chen, S W ^a,b   Dong, M L ^c   Ren, F Z ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Xinjiang Dawakun Animal Husbandry Biological Sci Tech Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Composition; Donkey milk; Nitrogen fraction

Indexed keywords

EQUUS ASINUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 35748976232     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-600     Document Type: Article

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