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The domestic fowl in biomedical research: physiological effects of the environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

B. M. Freeman
B. M. Freeman
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Houghton Laboratory, Institute for Animal Health, Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambs. PE17 2DA. England.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , February 1988 , pp. 41 - 60
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