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Economic Aspects of Reducing Stocking Density in Broiler Chicken Production using the Example of Farms in Southern Poland

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|Jul 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0029 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8733 | Journal ISSN: 1642-3402
Language: English
Page range: 663 - 671
Submitted on: Nov 7, 2013
Accepted on: Feb 21, 2014
Published on: Jul 29, 2014
Published by: National Research Institute of Animal Production
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2014 Katarzyna Utnik-Banaś, Janusz Żmija, Elżbieta Sowula-Skrzyñska, published by National Research Institute of Animal Production
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