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Letters to the Editors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

S. Lopez
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, University of León, 24007 León, Spain
J. France
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute qf Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke Reseurch Station, Okehampton EX20 3SB, Devon
M. S. Dhanoa
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plus Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB, Dyfed
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