Effect of breed type, sex, method of rearing and winter nutrition on lifetime performance and carcass composition in a 20-month beef system: Grazing performance

Animal Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-222

  Lowman, B G ^a   Hinks, C E ^b   Hunter, E A ^b   Scott, N A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass composition; Fattening performance; Grazing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030522851     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800014764     Document Type: Article

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