An Inherited Abnormality in Rhode Island Red Poultry
Abstract
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
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- May 1932
- DOI:
- 10.1038/129762b0
- Bibcode:
- 1932Natur.129..762B