Maternal antibody transfer to broiler progeny varies among strains and is affected by grain source and cage density
Open Access
- 1 December 2011
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Poultry Science
- Vol. 90 (12), 2730-2739
- https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.2011-01573
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