Excretion rate of progesterone in milk and faeces in lactating dairy cows with two levels of milk yield

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Issue		Reprod. Nutr. Dev. Volume 41, Number 4, July-August 2001


Page(s)		309 - 319
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/rnd:2001133

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