Relationship among growth, behaviour and stress response in broilers and red jungle fowl when reared separately or intermingled

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Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 150-155

  Zulkifli, Idrus ^a   Babjee, S A ^a   Vidyadaran, M K ^a   Ramlah, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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