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An Estimation of the Advances Achieved over Seven Years by Selection within Commercial Egg-Laying Breeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2007

W. H Foster  and
S. T. C Weatherup
W. H Foster
Affiliation:
Agriculture Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down, Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, and the Queen's University
S. T. C Weatherup
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Biometrics, Agriculture and Food Science Centre, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , August 1977 , pp. 133 - 139
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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