Culling Policies in Dairy Herds. A Review

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Monti, G ^a   Tenhagen, B A ^a   Heuwieser, W ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0041321934     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.1999.00189.x     Document Type: Review

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