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Eggshell Quality IV: Oystershell versus limestone and the importance of particle size or solubility of calcium source*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

David A Roland Sr.
David A Roland Sr.
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Poultry Science Department, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, AL 36849
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , June 1986 , pp. 166 - 171
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Alabama Agricultural Experimental Station Journal No. 12-85903.

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