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The Status and Significance of Random Sample Testing in Europe*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

S. Fox
S. Fox
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lately Senior Lecturer, University of Reading, England
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 28 - 37
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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