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Response to Tolo, Christensen, Martoft and Forslid's letter ‘CO2-stunning in pigs’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

A Velarde*
Affiliation:
IRTA, Finca Camps i Armet, E-17121 Monells (Girona), Spain
X Manteca
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
E Weber
Affiliation:
Morpheus Medical Ed, Spain
*
* Contact for correspondence: antonio.velarde@irta.cat
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© 2010 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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