Growth curves of Holstein haifers under confinement

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-93

  Freitas, A F ^a   Duraes M C ^a   Teixeira, N M ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

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