The Influence of Restraint Stress on Reproductive Hormones in the Cow

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 255-260

  Thun, R ^a   Kaufmann, C ^a   Janett, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0346743471     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.1998.tb01354.x     Document Type: Article

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