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Control of fat deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

H. D. Griffin
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Food Research Council (AFRC) Institute for Grassland and Animal Production, Poultry Department, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS.
S. C. Butterwith
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Food Research Council (AFRC) Institute for Grassland and Animal Production, Poultry Department, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS.
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