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Relationship between egg shell quality and shell breakage and factors that affect shell breakage in the field–A review1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2007

R. M. J. Hamilton ,
K. G. Hollands ,
P. W. Voisey  and
A. A. Grunder
R. M. J. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Animal Research Institute, Research Branch, Agriculure Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, CanadaK1A OC6
K. G. Hollands
Affiliation:
Animal Research Institute, Research Branch, Agriculure Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, CanadaK1A OC6
P. W. Voisey
Affiliation:
Engineering and Statistical Research Institute, Research Branch, Agriculure Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, CanadaK1A OC6
A. A. Grunder
Affiliation:
Animal Research Institute, Research Branch, Agriculure Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, CanadaK1A OC6
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , August 1979 , pp. 177 - 190
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