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Calorimetric studies on the utilization of dietary energy by the laying White Leghorn hen in relation to plane of nutrition and environmental temperature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. J. Waring  and
W. O. Brown
J. J. Waring
Affiliation:
Agricultural Chemistry Department, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
W. O. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Queen's University, Belfast and Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland
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1. Calorimetric experiments on the utilization of dietary energy by the laying White Leghorn hen are described.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , February 1967 , pp. 149 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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