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Artificial Insemination in Poultry and the Storage of Semen—A Re-appraisal

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P. E. Lake
P. E. Lake
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Agricultural Research Council, Poultry Research Centre, King's Buildings, Edinburgh 9Scotland
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 1967 , pp. 111 - 132
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