Factors regulating feed efficiency and nutrient utilization in beef cattle

Mathematical Modelling in Animal Nutrition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 419-441

  Swanson, K ^a   Miller, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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