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Animal science

Evaluation of two indirect predictors of current dairy milk yield in Dorset ewes

T. W. Knight AgResearch, Flock House Agricultural Centre, Private Bag 1900, Bulls, New Zealand
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R. Bencini Animal Science Group, School of Agriculture The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
Pages 223-229 | Received 19 Mar 1993, Accepted 21 May 1993, Published online: 21 Dec 2011

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