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J Miró1, V Lobo, A Quintero-Moreno

  • 1Unit of Reproduction, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain. jordi.miro@uab.es

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