64
46TH
ANNUAL
CONGRESS
OF
THE
SAEVA
SKUKUZA
16-‐20
FEBRUARY
2014
Authorship
B.A. Murphy contributed to study design, data collection, study execution, data
analysis and interpretation and preparation of the manuscript. M.H. Troedsson
contributed to study design, data analysis and interpretation and preparation of the
manuscript. C.M. Walsh contributed to study design, data collection, study
execution, data analysis and interpretation and preparation of the manuscript. E.M.
Woodward contributed to study design, data collection, study execution, data
analysis and interpretation and preparation of the manuscript. L.H. Fallon
contributed to data collection, study execution, data analysis and interpretation and
preparation of the manuscript. R.L. Prendergast contributed to data collection, study
execution and preparation of the manuscript. J.P. Ryle contributed to data collection
and study execution.
Manufacturers’ addresses
aPurina Mills, LLC, Gray Summit, Missouri, USA.
bWinchester Feed and Supply, Winchester, Kentucky, USA.
cZilco, Christchurch, New Zealand.
dGaN, Taipei, Taiwan.
eArduino, Almuñécar, Spain.
fSigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
gGraph Pad Software, San Diego, California, USA.
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