Mineral nutrition of sheep: new insights into interactions when grazing vegetative crops
David G. Masters
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School of Animal Biology M085, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia and CSIRO Agriculture, Private Bag 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia. Email: David.Masters@uwa.edu.au
Animal Production Science 55(10) 1215-1216 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN15123
Submitted: 5 March 2015 Accepted: 24 June 2015 Published: 4 September 2015
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