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A Note on Wood and Capstick's Method of Calculating the Maintenance Requirements of the Adult Sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Walter A. Hendricks Junior Biologist
Affiliation:
Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C
Harry W. Titus Biological Chemist
Affiliation:
Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C

Summary and conclusions

The writers do not mean to infer that the maintenance requirement of the adult sheep, as calculated by Wood and Capstick, is incorrect. The value obtained by these investigators is probably as reliable as any other which could be calculated from their data. The writers fully agree that Wood and Capstick's value is probably more accurate than previously estimated values of the maintenance requirement of the adult sheep.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1931

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