Articles | Volume 60, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-95-2017
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Original study
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02 May 2017
Original study |
| 02 May 2017
Progesterone (P4), luteinizing hormone (LH) levels and ovarian activity in postpartum Santa Inês ewes subject to a male effect
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