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Epidemiological Studies Relating to the Control of Marek's Disease*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

Richard L. Witter
Affiliation:
United States Department of Agriculture, Poultry Research Branch, Animal Husbandry Research Division, ARS, Regional Poultry Research Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan 48823
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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