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Egg Shell Quality III: Calcium and phosphorus requirements of commercial Leghorns*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

David A. Roland Sr.
David A. Roland Sr.
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Poultry Science Department, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, AL 36849
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , June 1986 , pp. 154 - 165
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Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Article No. 12-85845.

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