In vitro screening of feed resources for efficiency of microbial protein synthesis

In Vitro Screening of Plant Resources for Extra-nutritional Attributes in Ruminants: Nuclear and Related Methodologies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 107-144

  Makkar, Harinder P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3297-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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