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Animal size and efficiency: basic concepts†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

G. E. Dickerson
G. E. Dickerson
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US Meat Animal Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583, USA
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Animal Production , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , December 1978 , pp. 367 - 379
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1978

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