Population size in conservation of local chicken breeds in chosen European countries

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Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Spalona, A ^a   Ranvig, H ^b   Cywa Benko, K ^c   Zanon, A ^d   Sabbioni, A ^d   Szalay, I ^e   Benkova J ^f   Baumgartner, J ^f   Szwaczkowski, T ^g  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e Institute for Small Animal Research   (Hungary)

^f Research Institute for Poultry Breeding   (Slovakia)

^g POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chicken; Conservation; Inbreeding

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 34248339234     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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