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An Inherited Abnormality in Rhode Island Red Poultry

Nature volume 129, page 762 (1932)Cite this article

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A SEMI-FEATHERLESS condition, associated with dwarfism, occurs in several breeds of poultry. It is usually attributed to some food or vitamin deficiency. Dakin and Hamilton described specimens in 1928 and suggested that the condition might be due to sub-thyroidism.1

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  1. Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1928.

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  1. (MRS. BISBEE) Zoology Department, University of Liverpool,

    RUTH C. BAMBER

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BAMBER, R. An Inherited Abnormality in Rhode Island Red Poultry. Nature 129, 762 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129762b0

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