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Battery cage shape: Its effect on diurnal feeding pattern, egg shell cracking and feather pecking

B. O. Hughes Agricultural Research Council's, Poultry Research Centre, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JS, Scotland
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A. J. Black Agricultural Research Council's, Poultry Research Centre, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JS, Scotland
Pages 327-336 | Received 18 Aug 1975, Published online: 08 Nov 2007

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