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Clinical Communication

Osteochondrosis, skeletal abnormalities and enzootic ataxia associated with copper deficiency in a farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus) herd

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Pages 70-76 | Accepted 14 Oct 1994, Published online: 22 Feb 2011

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