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The Egg Production Pattern of White Leghorn Pullets Hatched in Different Seasons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

J. E. Erasmus
Affiliation:
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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