Reproductive success of farmed blue foxes

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 465-474

  Ilukha, V A ^a   Harri, M ^b,c   Rekila T ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Dept of Appl Zool/Vet Medicine ^*  (Finland)

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EID: 0031484359     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1997.tb00533.x     Document Type: Article

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