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The responses of silage-fed Scottish Blackface lambs to increasing levels of fish meal supplementation with or without additional barley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

Gillian M. Povey ,
G. M. Webster  and
T. E. C. Weekes
Gillian M. Povey
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NEl 7RU
G. M. Webster
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NEl 7RU
T. E. C. Weekes
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Biochemistry and Nutrition, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NEl 7RU

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Information
BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 14: New Developments in Sheep Production , January 1990 , pp. 157 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1990

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