Broiler chicken with a duplicated lower intestinal tract

Avian Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1003-1005

  Chapman, H D ^a   Beasley, J N ^a   Hacker, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormality; Ceca; Chicken; Intestine; Malformation; Rectum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031251997     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592361     Document Type: Article

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