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Immune defences of the mammary gland in dairy ruminants

Pierre Germon1, Rodrigo Prado Martins1

  • 1ISP UMR 1282, INRAE, Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France.

Reproduction in Domestic Animals = Zuchthygiene
|May 3, 2023
PubMed

Keywords:
adaptive immunityinnate immunitymammary glandmastitisruminants

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