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G Vasdal1, E F Wheeler, K E Bøe

  • 11Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, PO Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway.

Animal : an International Journal of Animal Bioscience
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