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Behaviour, Welfare, Husbandry & Environment

Photoperiodic responses of broilers. I. Growth, feeding behaviour, breast meat yield, and testicular growth

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Pages 657-666 | Accepted 13 Jul 2009, Published online: 30 Nov 2009

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