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Immunogenetics as an Aid to Selection for Disease Resistance in the Fowl*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

A. W. Nordskog
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Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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Journal Paper No. J-10748 of the lowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames. Projects 2237 and 2351. Supported in part by USPHS NIH Grant AI 12746.

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