Cortisol responses of calves to two methods of disbudding used with or without local anaesthetic

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-14

  Petrie, N J ^a   Mellor, D J ^a   Stafford, K J ^a   Bruce, R A ^a   Ward, R N ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0002374325     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.1996.35924     Document Type: Article

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