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Studies of Grey Breasted Helmet Guineafowl (Numida meleagris galeata Pallas) in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

J. S. O. Ayeni
J. S. O. Ayeni
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Kainji Lake Research Institute, Private Mail Bag 666, New Bussa, Kawara State, Nigeria.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , June 1983 , pp. 143 - 151
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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