The influence of comb type on growth rate in the domestic fowlFootnote¹

From a thesis submitted by the senior author to the Graduate Faculty of McGill University in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the M.Sc. degree, May, 1964.

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• Present address: Department of Poultry Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 8, British Columbia.
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