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Book Reviews
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Editor. Unsolicited reviews will not usually be accepted, but suggestions for appropriate books for review may be sent to the Book Review
Editor:
Dr Nilendran Prathalingam
Newcastle Fertility Centre
International Centre for Life
Central Parkway
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne,
NE1 3BZ
United Kingdom
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Nebel, R.L., Dransfield, M.G., Jobst, S.M., Bone, J.H., 2000. Automated electronic systems for the detection of oestrus not timing of
Al in cattle. Anim. Rep. Sci. 60, 713-723.
b. For edited symposia, special issues, etc. published in a periodical
Steinlechner,
S., Niklowitz, P., 1992. Impact of photoperiod and melatonin on reproduction in small mammals, Kennaway and R.F.Seamark (Eds.), Melatonin
and Reproduction: Recent Basic and Practical Research. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 30, 1-28.
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Van Zutphen, L.F.M.,
Baumans, V., Beynen, A.C., 2001. Principles of Laboratory Animal Science, Revised Edition. Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
d. For multi-author books
Betteridge, K.J., 1993. Embryo Transfer. In: King, G.J. (Ed.), Reproduction in Domesticated Animals.
World Animal Science B9, Elsevier Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 413-418.
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