Clinical, Haematological, Metabolic and Endocrine Traits during the First Three Months of Life of Suckling Simmentaler Calves Held in a Cow-Calf Operation

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-118

  Egli, C P ^a   Blum, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 2742565269     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.1998.tb00806.x     Document Type: Article

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