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Trimethylamine and Fishy Taint in Eggs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

E. J. Butler  and
G. R. Fenwick
E. J. Butler
Affiliation:
Houghton Poultry Research Station, Huntingdon, Cambs, England.
G. R. Fenwick
Affiliation:
Agricultural and Food Research Council, Food Research Institute, Colney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, England.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 38 - 51
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