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Poultry Environment in the U.K. A Review of Progress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

D. R. Charles
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, National Agricultural Advisory Service, South Western Region, Burghill Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS10 6NJ.
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