Alternatives to piglet castration;Y a-t-il des alternatives à la castration chirurgicale des porcelets?

Productions Animales

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-356

  Prunier, A ^a   Bonneau, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

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