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Livestock Systems, Management and Environment

A tool to optimise dairy herd replacements combining conventional, sexed, and beef semen

Valentina Ferraria Associazione Nazionale Allevatori della Razza Frisona, Bruna e Jersey Italiana, Cremona, CR, Italy;b Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse naturali e Ambiente, Università di Padova, Legnaro, PD, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Maurizio Marusia Associazione Nazionale Allevatori della Razza Frisona, Bruna e Jersey Italiana, Cremona, CR, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2359-3633View further author information
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Mauro Penasab Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse naturali e Ambiente, Università di Padova, Legnaro, PD, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9984-8738View further author information
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Johannes Baptist Cornelis Henricus Maria van Kaama Associazione Nazionale Allevatori della Razza Frisona, Bruna e Jersey Italiana, Cremona, CR, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2592-2461View further author information
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Raffaella Finocchiaroa Associazione Nazionale Allevatori della Razza Frisona, Bruna e Jersey Italiana, Cremona, CR, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9058-9992View further author information
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Martino Cassandroa Associazione Nazionale Allevatori della Razza Frisona, Bruna e Jersey Italiana, Cremona, CR, Italy;b Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse naturali e Ambiente, Università di Padova, Legnaro, PD, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8709-2870View further author information
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Pages 409-415 | Received 26 Nov 2023, Accepted 22 Feb 2024, Published online: 11 Mar 2024

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