Effects of Prenatal Androgenization, Melengestrol Acetate, and Synovex-H® on Feedlot Performance, Carcass, and Sensory Traits of Once-Calved Heifers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2043-2051

  Reiling, B A ^a,b   Berger, L L ^a,c   Faulkner, D B ^a   McKeith, F K ^a   Nash, T G ^a   Ireland, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c 164 Anim Sci Lab

Author keywords

Androgens; Carcass; Estradiol; Heifers; Melengestrol; Performance

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; SYNOVEX H; SYNOVEX-H; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MEAT; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030238236     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7492043x     Document Type: Article

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