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Interactive PDF's

• Vrijloopstallen voor melkvee in de praktijk (Free Walk
  housing systems for dairy cattle in practice) in Dutch, Paul
  Galama, Wageningen University & Research,
  november 2014
• Bodembeoordelaar, Indicatie geschiktheid bodemmaterialen vrijloopstallen (Soil assessment,
  Indication of suitability of soil materials for free-walk housing systems). Gerrit Kasper en Paul
  Galama, Wageningen University & Research, november 2015