Performance of American bison (Bos bison) in feedlots

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 513-523

  Church, J S ^a   Hudson, R J ^a   Rutley, B D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Northern Lights College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Bison; Feedlot; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

BISON; BISON BISON; BOS; BUBALUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 0002189962     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/69127/1999     Document Type: Article

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