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Diet Selection of Pigs and Poultry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

S. P Rose
Affiliation:
Harper Adams College, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB
I Kyriazakis
Affiliation:
Edinburgh School of Agriculture, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Diet selection’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1991

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