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Cross-suckling in beef 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, University of Plymouth, Newton Abbot TQ12 6NQ

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1999

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