Application of long‐chain alcohols as diet‐composition markers in sheep fed on grass–white clover and heather–gorse plant species

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Grass and Forage Science

• Publication date

  2015-03-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology

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  DOI 10.1111/GFS.12083
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