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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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Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1928.
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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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