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Nutritional implications of work in draught animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

R. Anne Pearson  and
Jeroen T. Dijkman
R. Anne Pearson
Affiliation:
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG
Jeroen T. Dijkman
Affiliation:
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG
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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. 169 - 179
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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