Moving towards taint-free pork - Alternatives to surgical castration

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL.1, 2006, Pages

  Lundström, Kerstin ^a   Zamaratskaia, Galia ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 45249124551     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-48-S1-S1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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