Defining optimal thresholds for digital Brix refractometry to determine IgG concentration in ewe colostrum and lamb serum in Scottish lowland sheep flocks
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- 1 August 2023
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- Published by Elsevier in Preventive Veterinary Medicine
- Vol. 218, 105988
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