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A Review of the Physiology of Coturnix (Japanese Quail)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

Wilbor O. Wilson
Wilbor O. Wilson
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Department of Avian SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaDavis, California95616
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1972 , pp. 413 - 429
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