Catching, transporting and lairage of live poultry

Food Safety Control in the Poultry Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 153-173

  Tinker, D B ^a   Burton, C H ^a   Allen, V M ^b  

^a David Tinker and Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 45849084434     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845690236.153     Document Type: Chapter

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