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Egg shell strengh

1. The relationship between egg breakage in the field and certain laboratory assessments of shell strengh

R. G. Wells National Institute of Poultry Husbandry, Newport, Shropshire; British Egg Marketing Board Experimental Unit, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire
Pages 131-139 | Published online: 08 Nov 2007

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