Changes in Proportions of Empty Body Depots and Constituents for Nine Breeds of Cattle under Various Feed Availabilities

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-104

  Jenkins, T G ^a   Ferrell, C L ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Composition; Cows; Maturity; Reference Weight

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORAX;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIET; FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORAX;

EID: 0030640894     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75195x     Document Type: Article

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