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Feather growth and development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

A. Deschutter  and
S. Leeson
A. Deschutter
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Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
S. Leeson
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , October 1986 , pp. 259 - 267
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