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Original Articles

Development of an LC-MS/MS method to quantify sex hormones in bovine milk and influence of pregnancy in their levels

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Pages 770-779 | Received 18 Nov 2011, Accepted 27 Dec 2011, Published online: 14 Feb 2012

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