The adoption and impact of bovine somatotropin on U.S. dairy farms

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 472-488

  McBride, William D ^a   Short, Sara ^a   El Osta, Hisham ^a  

^a USDA's Economic Research Service   (United States)

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BOVINAE;

EID: 3142545356     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2004.00194.x     Document Type: Review

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