Chemical Composition and Ruminal Degradability of Spineless Cactus Grown in Northeastern Brazil
- 31 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Rangeland Ecology & Management
- Vol. 62 (3), 297-301
- https://doi.org/10.2111/07-099r1.1
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