A brief history of the turkey

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-373

  Brant, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestication; Europe; history; North America; turkey; varieties; wild

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444455362     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: 17434777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/WPS19980027     Document Type: Article

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