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Lysine and Methionine Needs of Growing Egg-Type Pullets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

P. W. Waldroup
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Department of Animal SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.72701
W. D. Bussell
Affiliation:
Department of Animal SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.72701
A. B. Burke
Affiliation:
Department of Animal SciencesUniversity of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.72701
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