Growth and metabolic characteristics of Suffolk and Gulf Coast Native yearling ewes supplemented with chromium tripicolinate

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-160

  Forbes, C D ^a,b   Fernandez, J M ^a   Bunting, L D ^a   Southern, L L ^a   Thompson Jr , D L ^a   Gentry, L R ^a   Chapa, A M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breed; Chromium; Glucose tolerance; Hormones; Lambs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007854507     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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