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Review of life-history lighting programs for commercial laying fowls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2013

R. A. Ernst ,
J. R. Milliam  and
F. B. Mather
R. A. Ernst
Affiliation:
Department of Avian Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
J. R. Milliam
Affiliation:
Department of Avian Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
F. B. Mather
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , February 1987 , pp. 45 - 55
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Cambridge University Press 1987

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