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Eligibility of Lying Boxes at Different THI Levels in a Freestall Barn Cover

Eligibility of Lying Boxes at Different THI Levels in a Freestall Barn

By: Sabina Angrecka and  Piotr Herbut  
Open Access
|Feb 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aoas-2016-0053 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8733 | Journal ISSN: 1642-3402
Language: English
Page range: 257 - 269
Submitted on: Apr 23, 2016
Accepted on: Aug 11, 2016
Published on: Feb 8, 2017
Published by: National Research Institute of Animal Production
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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