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Tannins in Feedstuffs for Simple-Stomached Animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

A. J. M. Jansman
A. J. M. Jansman
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Agricultural University, Department of Animal Nutrition, Haagsteeg 4, 6708 PM Wageningen, The Netherlands TNO-Nutrition and Food Research, Department of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (ILOB), P.O. Box 15, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 209 - 236
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