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Genetic Modification of Fibre Digestion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Harry J. Gilbert  and
Geoffrey P. Hazlewood
Harry J. Gilbert
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Biochemistry and Nutrition, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
Geoffrey P. Hazlewood
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research Department, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT
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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. 173 - 186
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