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Behaviour, welfare, husbandry and environment

Effects of male body weight, strain and dietary protein content on fertility and musculo‐skeletal disease in naturally mated broiler breeder males

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Pages 29-37 | Accepted 15 May 1996, Published online: 08 Nov 2007

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