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Original Articles

Nitrate/nitrite poisoning in dairy cattle associated with consumption of forages irrigated with municipally treated wastewater

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Pages 163-170 | Received 08 Mar 2007, Accepted 13 Mar 2008, Published online: 23 Feb 2009

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