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Abnormal feather germ organization with asymmetrical expression in a Rhode Island Red fowl

✍ Scribed by Mary Juhn


Book ID
102902424
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1950
Tongue
English
Weight
523 KB
Volume
86
Category
Article
ISSN
0362-2525

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✦ Synopsis


The opportunity of studying this case of aberrant asymmetric feather development is due to the courtesy of Dr. C. W. Knox, Beltsville Research Center, IT. S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Knox also kindly furnished the following description of the bird as it appeared at hatching time: The chick, a Rhode Island Red, was almost bare, having the down developed in oiily a few tufts in the dorsal region and