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Fumigation with Methyl Bromide—Applications in the Poultry Industry—a Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

E. G. Harry
Affiliation:
Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, England*
W. Burns Brown
Affiliation:
Pest Infestation Control Laboratory, Slough, Bucks., England
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