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The Nutritional Implications of Differential Passage of Particles Through the Ruminant Alimentary Tract

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

P. M. Kennedy  and
M. R. Murphy*
P. M. Kennedy
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Tropical Animal Production, Davies Laboratory, PMB Aitkenvale, Qld 4814, Australia
M. R. Murphy*
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Tropical Animal Production, Davies Laboratory, PMB Aitkenvale, Qld 4814, Australia
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 189 - 208
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