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Digestion of Non-Starch Polysaccharides by Non-Ruminant Omnivores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

J. C. Mathers
J. C. Mathers
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Biochemistry and Nutrition, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
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Symposium on ‘Fibre digestion in farm livestock’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , August 1991 , pp. 161 - 172
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The Nutrition Society

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