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Growth and development of chicks of two species of partridge: the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) and the chukar (Alectoris chukar)

Dr Tomasz Pis Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa, Cracow, PolandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 141-144 | Accepted 15 Jul 2011, Published online: 12 Mar 2012

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