Calving behaviour of farmed wapiti (Cervus elaphus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 263-270

  Church, J S ^a   Hudson, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dystocia; Parturition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344422170     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(95)00604-4     Document Type: Article

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