Effects of Forage Level on the Comparative Feeding Value of Supplemental Fat in Growing-Finishing Diets for Feedlot Cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1194-1201

  Zinn, R A ^a   Plascencia, A ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cattle; Fat; Forage; Metabolism; Performance

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; METHANE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMALL INTESTINE; STANDARD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; METHANE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 0030155971     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7461194x     Document Type: Article

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