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Carcass management for small and medium scale livestock farms

Practical considerations











​Lori Miller, Gary Flory. 2018. Carcass management for small- and medium-scale livestock farms - Practical considerations. FOCUS ON, No. 13, October 2018. Rome. FAO.




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