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Interactive PDF's

Vrijloopstallen voor melkvee in de praktijk (Free Walkhousing systems for dairy cattle in practice) in Dutch, PaulGalama, 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 PaulGalama, Wageningen University & Research, november 2015