Lactation under induced five-month delay reproduction in Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-265

  Landete Castillejos, T ^a   Garcia, A ^a   Gomez J A ^a   Berruga, M I ^a   Gallego, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS;

EID: 1542579337     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.20028     Document Type: Article

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