A Dose Titration Study on the Effect of Virginiamycin on Specific Blood Parameters and Milk Quality in the Sow

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 535-542

  Alexopoulos, C ^a   Tsinas, A ^a   Kantas, D ^a   Florou Paneri, P ^a   Read, M P ^a,b   Vassilopoulos, V ^a   Kyriakis, S C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2542540531     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.1998.tb00857.x     Document Type: Article

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