Prediction of energy requirement for growing sheep with the cornell net carbohydrate and protein system

Nutrient Digestion and Utilization in Farm Animals: Modelling Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 99-113

  Cannas, A ^a   Tedeschi, L O ^b   Atzori, A S ^a   Fox, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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