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Diet and exercise performance in the horse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

David L. Frape
David L. Frape
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NS Research, The Priory, Mildenhall, Suffolk IP28 7EE
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Symposium on ‘Nutrition and activity’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 189 - 206
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