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Articles | Volume 59, issue 1
Articles | Volume 59, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-145-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-145-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 59, issue 1
Original study
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15 Mar 2016
Original study |  | 15 Mar 2016

The ovulation rate, plasma progesterone and estradiol concentration, and litter size of a local ewe breed kept in a barn vs. those kept under an overhead shelter

Ewa Kuźnicka, Witold Rant, Aurelia Radzik-Rant, Małgorzata Kunowska-Slósarz, and Marek Balcerak

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