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A decision analysis approach to the determination of population density in laying cages1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

William B. Roush
William B. Roush
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Poultry Science Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 26 - 31
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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