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Factors Influencing Leg Abnormalities in Poultry: A Review*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

Frank W. Pierson  and
Patricia Y. Hester
Frank W. Pierson
Affiliation:
Department of Animal SciencesPurdue UniversityWest Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.47907
Patricia Y. Hester
Affiliation:
Department of Animal SciencesPurdue UniversityWest Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.47907
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 5 - 17
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Journal Paper No. 8371 of the Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station

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