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What Lighting for Broiler Production?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

C. J. Savory
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council's Poultry Research Centre, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JS, Scotland.
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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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