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The Effect of Climate on Poultry Physiology in Tropics and their Improvement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

A. R. El Boushy
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Husbandry, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
A. L. van Marle
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Husbandry, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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