Four years of induction/synchronization of estrus in dairy goats: effect on the evolution of eCG binding rate in relation with the parameters of reproduction

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Issue		Reprod. Nutr. Dev. Volume 41, Number 5, September-October 2001


Page(s)		401 - 412
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/rnd:2001140

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