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Modifying egg yolk cholesterol in the domestic fowl—a review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

P. Stewart Hargis
P. Stewart Hargis
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Department of Poultry Science, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2472U.S.A.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , February 1988 , pp. 17 - 29
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