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Light and Production Performance in Turkeys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

R. A. Singh
R. A. Singh
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Institut für Tierhaltung und Tierzüchtung (Kleintierzucht) der Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, F.R.G.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 146 - 152
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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