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The Use of Biotin in Poultry Nutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2007

C. C. Whitehead
C. C. Whitehead
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Agricultural Research Council's Poultry Research Centre, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JS, Scotland.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , August 1977 , pp. 140 - 154
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