Production performance and egg quality of four strains of laying hens kept in conventional cages and floor pens
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- 1 February 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Poultry Science
- Vol. 88 (2), 256-264
- https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.2008-00237
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