'Holy hay' - re-inventing a traditional animal feed

Biologist

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Mueller Harvey, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; CERVIDAE; EQUIDAE; ONOBRYCHIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79952666612     PISSN: 00063347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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