Effect of feed additives in growing lambs fed diets containing wet brewers grains

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1425-1434

  Aguilera Soto, J I ^a   Ramirez, R G ^a,b   Arechiga, C F ^a   Mendez Llorente, F ^a   Lopez Carlos, M A ^a   Silva Ramos, J M ^a   Rincon Delgado, R M ^a   Duran Roldan, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Feed additives; Sheep; Wet brewers grains

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 56849093629     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2008.70735     Document Type: Article

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