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ARTICLES

Open Up and Say “Baa”: Examining the Stomachs of Ruminant Livestock and the Real Subsumption of Nature

Pages 812-828 | Received 20 Dec 2015, Accepted 10 Jan 2017, Published online: 22 Mar 2017

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