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Circulating prolactin levels in the newborn lamb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Gordon E. Thompson
Affiliation:
Hannah Research Institute, Ayr KA6 5HL, UK

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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1993

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