Morphological changes in the organs of gilts induced with low-dose atrazine

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 135-148

  Ćurić, Stipica ^a   Gojmerac, Tihomira ^b   Žurić, Marijan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Gilts; Intoxication; Morphological changes; Pig

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033482151     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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