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Nutritional Effects of Tannins in Animal Feeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

J. L. Mangan
J. L. Mangan
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AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 209 - 231
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