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Metabolic implications of ammonia production in the ruminant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

D. S. Parker ,
M. A. Lomax ,
C. J. Seal  and
J. C. Wilton
D. S. Parker
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
M. A. Lomax
Affiliation:
School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 2AJ
C. J. Seal
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
J. C. Wilton
Affiliation:
School of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
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Symposium on ‘Nitrogen transactions in the gut’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , July 1995 , pp. 549 - 563
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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