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All issues Volume 90 / No 5 (September–October 2010) Dairy Sci. Technol., 90 5 (2010) 579-588 References
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Dairy Sci. Technol.
Volume 90, Number 5, September–October 2010
Page(s) 579 - 588
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/dst/2010017
Published online 07 April 2010
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