Effects of post-weaning altrenogest treatment in primiparous sows

Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-299

  Everaert, N ^a   Vanderhaeghe, C ^a   Mateusen, B ^a   Dewulf, J ^a   Van Soom, A ^a   De Kruif, A ^a   Maes, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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