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Amino acid supply and metabolism by the ruminant mammary gland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Brian J. Bequtte
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksbum, Aberdeen AB21 9SB
F. R. Colette Backwell
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksbum, Aberdeen AB21 9SB
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Regulation of nitrogen retention in farm animals’
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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