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Chronic inflammatory responses of lambs to rubber ring castration: are there any effects of age or size of lamb at treatment?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

J. E. Kent ,
V. Molony ,
R. E. Jackson  and
B. D. Hosie
J. E. Kent
Affiliation:
Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1QH
V. Molony
Affiliation:
Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1QH
R. E. Jackson
Affiliation:
Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1QH
B. D. Hosie
Affiliation:
Department of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1QH

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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 23: Farm animal welfare — who writes the rulse? , January 1999 , pp. 160 - 162
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1999

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