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Journal vet view: nursing the downer cow

Acting fast is imperative when it comes to figuring out the primary reason for the animal going down. Then we must look at the secondary problems around cows being down.

Tommy Heffernan
Wed 13 March 2019 12:00 AM
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Journal vet view: nursing the downer cow
 
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