Dairy cow-culling decisions

Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1362-1371

  Lehenbauer, Terry W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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