By MORGAN KUNTZ-GARRISON, For The Prairie Star
With much of the region experiencing drought these past few years, Dr. Sarah McCoski, reproductive biologist and assistant professor at Montana State University, has been focusing her research on how drought may impact early pregnancy and pregnancy retention in cows.
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