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Antibiotic treatment of bovine embryos

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Riddell, K.P., Stringfellow, D.A., Gray, B.W. et al. Antibiotic treatment of bovine embryos. J Assist Reprod Genet 10, 488–491 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01212941

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