Space allowance and type of housing for growing cattle: A review of performance and possible relation to neuroendocrine function

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 65-80

  Ingvartsen, K Lønne ^a   Andersen, H Refsgaard ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Bulls; Carcass composition; Corticotropin releasing factor; Feed conversion; Feed Intake; Gastrointestinal function; Growth rate; Health; Heifers; Metabolism; Somatostatin; Steers; Stocking density; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003017018     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709309410147     Document Type: Article

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