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Effect of Higher Levels of Dietary Vitamin E on Performance and Immune Response in Growing Japanese Quail

A. Biswas Division of Physiology and Reproduction, Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, 243 122, India
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J. Mohan Division of Physiology and Reproduction, Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, 243 122, India
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K. V.H. Sastry Division of Physiology and Reproduction, Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, 243 122, India
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J. S. Tyagi Division of Physiology and Reproduction, Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, 243 122, India
Pages 61-64 | Received 20 Jul 2006, Accepted 01 Dec 2007, Published online: 14 Nov 2011

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