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Effect of light programmes on broiler mortality with reference to ascites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

S.H. Gordon
Affiliation:
ADAS Gleadthorpe, Meden Vale, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG20 9PF, UK
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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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