Effects of Time of Weaning, Supplement, and Sire Breed of Calf during the Fall Grazing Period on Cow and Calf Performance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1701-1710

  Short, R E ^a,b   Grings, E E ^a   MacNeil, M D ^a   Heitschmidt, R K ^a   Haferkamp, M R ^a   Adams, D C ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Box 2021 ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at Weaning; Beef Cattle; Grazing; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; STANDARD; WEANING;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; WEANING;

EID: 0030185728     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7471701x     Document Type: Article

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