Prospects of reducing calf losses by means of breeding;Züchterische möglichkeiten zur senkung von kälberverlusten

Zuchtungskunde

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 479-488

  Junge, W ^a   Stamer, E ^b   Reinsch, N ^c   Kalm, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TiDa Tier und Daten GmbH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

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