Herd Management in Sows: Optimising Insemination Strategies

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 159-164

  Kemp, B ^a   Steverink, D W D ^a   Soede, N M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0007235943     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.1998.tb01335.x     Document Type: Article

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