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Milk composition of freeranging sable antelope (Hippotragus niger)

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    G. Osthoff, A. Hugo & Maryna de Wit

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Osthoff, G., Hugo, A. & de Wit, M. Milk composition of freeranging sable antelope (Hippotragus niger). Mamm Biol 72, 116–122 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2006.06.001

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