Introduction

Resource Allocation Theory Applied to Farm Animal Production

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-21

  Rauw, Wendy Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 77649155849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1079/9781845933944.0001     Document Type: Editorial

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