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Random Sample Performance Testing of Poultry in the U.S.A.(1)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

Gordon E. Dickerson
Affiliation:
Geneticist, Kimber Farms, Inc., Fremont, California
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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