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Factors Affecting Floor Laying By Domestic Hens: A Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

Michael C. Appleby
Michael C. Appleby
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Agricultural and Food Research Council's Poultry Research Centre, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS, Scotland.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , October 1984 , pp. 241 - 249
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