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Disease and mortality in poultry in the Shire Highlands of Southern Malawi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

N. H. Christensen
Affiliation:
Regional Veterinary Laboratory P O Box 96, Blantyre, Malawifn01
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Department of Veterinary Pathology and Public Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

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