Effect of single and multiple pregnancies on performance of primiparous and multiparous cows

Sawa, A.; Bogucki, M.; Głowska, M.

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04 Mar 2015

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Effect of single and multiple pregnancies on performance of primiparous and multiparous cows

A. Sawa, M. Bogucki, and M. Głowska

A. Sawa

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sawa@utp.edu.pl

University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Cattle Breeding, Mazowiecka 28, 85-084 Bydgoszcz, Poland

M. Bogucki

University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Cattle Breeding, Mazowiecka 28, 85-084 Bydgoszcz, Poland

M. Głowska

University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, Department of Cattle Breeding, Mazowiecka 28, 85-084 Bydgoszcz, Poland

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