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Ambient Environmental Conditions Associated with Reported Spontaneous Occurrence of Thermal Death in Poultry1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

Robert L. Squibb
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Gerald N. Wogan
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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