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Initiation of suckling in suckler cows with natural and adopted calves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

H. D. Randle*
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Food Studies, University of Plymouth, Newton Abbot TQ12 6NQ

Abstract

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Type
Poster abstracts
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1999

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