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THE non-protein nitrogenous fraction of grassland herbage usually represents 15–20 per cent of the total nitrogen of the herbage. Since the fraction is frequently blamed, without supporting evidence, for causing ill-defined disturbances in animal health, it is obviously desirable to learn as much as possible about its constituents.
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FERGUSON, W., TERRY, R. Purines in Grassland Herbage. Nature 172, 346–347 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172346b0
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