Morphological variation of "complex vertebral malformation" in Holstein calves

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 548-553

  Agerholm, Jorgen S ^a   Bendixen, Christian ^b   Arnbjerg, Jens ^a   Andersen, Ole ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c Cattle   (Denmark)

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EID: 8844257397     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870401600609     Document Type: Article

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