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Epidemiological Studies Relating to the Control of Marek's Disease*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

Richard L. Witter
Richard L. Witter
Affiliation:
United States Department of Agriculture, Poultry Research Branch, Animal Husbandry Research Division, ARS, Regional Poultry Research Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan 48823
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , October 1970 , pp. 755 - 762
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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