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Hatching weight in relation to egg weight in domestic birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

M. M. Shanawany
M. M. Shanawany
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Department of Animal Production, King Saud University, PO Box 1482, Burydah, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , June 1987 , pp. 107 - 115
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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