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DURING the course of experiments designed to investigate the relationship between ovulation and nesting behaviour in the domestic hen, a number of hens were operated on to form a fistula in the magnum. While the technique of this operation has been described elsewhere1, certain observations on these hens, cogent to the problem of egg production and reproduction in general, are given here.
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Gilbert, A. B., and Wood-Gush, D. G. M., J. Reprod. Fertil., 5, 451 (1963).
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WOOD-GUSH, D., GILBERT, A. Relationship between the Ovary and Oviduct in the Domestic Hen. Nature 207, 1210–1211 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2071210a0
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