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The amino acid requirements of the growing chick

1. Determination of amino acid requirements

D. Hewitt University of Nottingham, School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, England; National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT, England
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D. Lewis University of Nottingham, School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, England
Pages 449-463 | Received 21 Oct 1971, Published online: 08 Nov 2007

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