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1Department of Farm Animal Health, Foetal and Perinatal Biology Section, Utrecht University, Marburglaan 2, Utrecht 3584 CN, The Netherlands. m.a.m.taverne@uu.nl
Veterinary Research Communications
|August 9, 2008
Abstract:
This presentation will focus on the assessment of the condition of the piglet and calf during and shortly after birth and will review some of the physiological and clinical factors that may have played a role during their delivery and influenced their viability at birth.
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